Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, ¹  and increases the unfaithful ²  among men. ³ 

He said to me, “You will see them practicing even greater abominations!”

However, ¹  Paul ²  shook ³  the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep ¹  in Christ have also perished.

Let us not become conceited, ¹  provoking ²  one another, being jealous ³  of one another.

For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge. ¹ 

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed ¹  in your struggle against sin.

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away ¹  because of the famine.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as ¹  king.”

Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ¹  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ² 

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem ¹  to kill both people and animals!

Although they fully know ¹  God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, ²  they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. ³ 

So he ¹  said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”

Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord than all who were before him.

Although I am innocent, ¹  my mouth ²  would condemn me; ³  although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse. ⁴ 

then you plunge me into a slimy pit ¹  and my own clothes abhor me.

All his days ¹  the wicked man suffers torment, ²  throughout the number of the years that ³  are stored up for the tyrant. ⁴ 

But ¹  I would strengthen ²  you with my words; ³  comfort from my lips would bring ⁴  you relief.

Moreover, the strength of their ¹  hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength ²  had perished;