And have mercy on those who waver;

by making ¹  your ear ²  attentive to wisdom, and ³  by turning ⁴  your heart ⁵  to understanding,

I will strike you brutally ¹  and destroy you because of your sin.

Therefore, announce: ¹  ‘I am going to give ²  to him my covenant of peace. ³ 

If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

I always thank my God ¹  as I remember you in my prayers, ² 

“You must no longer ¹  give straw to the people for making bricks ²  as before. ³  Let them go ⁴  and collect straw for themselves.

I say this ¹  so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential ¹  in the house of Saul.

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then ¹  he said to me, “Write it down, ²  because these words are reliable ³  and true.”

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, ¹  “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?” ² 

When ¹  he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They ²  realized that he had seen a vision ³  in the holy place, ⁴  because ⁵  he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak. ⁶ 

You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security. ¹ 

He makes the barren woman of the family ¹  a happy mother of children. ²  Praise the Lord!

We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly ¹  in our prayers,

O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, ¹  you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness. ² 

So their land will become an object of horror. ¹  People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision. ² 

They ¹  utter empty words, ²  taking ³  false oaths and making empty ⁴  agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds ⁵  in the furrows of a plowed field.

And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ ¹  but you are turning it into a den ²  of robbers!” ³