(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time ¹  in nothing else than telling ²  or listening to something new.) ³ 

Therefore, brothers and sisters, ¹  stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. ² 

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Thus no one was allowed to buy ¹  or sell things ²  unless he bore ³  the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number. ⁴ 

“‘If a man has sexual intercourse with ¹  his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. ²  He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity. ³ 

You are to make two cherubim ¹  of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ¹  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ² 

if it is to be acceptable for your benefit ¹  it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. ¹  So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children ²  as well as her husband!

There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. ¹ 

The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet. ¹ 

“It is all one! ¹  That is why I say, ²  ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

“But ¹  if I speak, my pain is not relieved, ²  and if I refrain from speaking – how ³  much of it goes away?

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; ¹  he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price ² 

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Death and life are in the power ¹  of the tongue, ²  and those who love its use ³  will eat its fruit.

Fear the Lord, my child, ¹  as well as the king, and do not associate ²  with rebels, ³ 

If a wise person ¹  goes to court ²  with a foolish person, there is no peace ³  whether he is angry or laughs. ⁴ 

Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, ¹  but you were not satisfied there either.

“Suppose such a man has ¹  a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things ²  mentioned previously