Now on the topic of times and seasons, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  you have no need for anything to be written to you.

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

but in order that they will live ¹  and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint ²  each man ³  to his service and his responsibility.

Their descendants ¹  entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble ¹  on me by telling ²  the man you had one more brother?”

“If you lend money to any of ¹  my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender ²  to him; do not charge ³  him interest. ⁴ 

“‘You ¹  must not deal unjustly in judgment: ²  you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. ³  You must judge your fellow citizen fairly. ⁴ 

He must be with the one who bought him ¹  like a yearly hired worker. ²  The one who bought him ³  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

I will personally hold responsible ¹  anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet ²  speaks in my name.

The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ¹  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ² 

David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, ¹  and he became his armor bearer.

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth. ¹ 

From Tebah ¹  and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.” ¹ 

Then he said, “May God judge me severely ¹  if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!” ² 

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; ¹  although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him. ² 

If an iron axhead ¹  is blunt and a workman ²  does not sharpen ³  its edge, ⁴  he must exert a great deal of effort; ⁵  so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

I reported, ¹  “All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! ²  They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.

You must change ¹  the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. ²