“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied, ¹  “and how well your livestock have fared under my care. ² 

“Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also. ¹ 

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple ¹  and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously ²  every day.

When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. ¹ 

And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing ¹  and what might happen to her.

Just ¹  as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of armies ²  had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah.” ³ 

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing. ¹ 

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus? ¹ 

Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, ¹  before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple. ² 

and she returned to her mother-in-law.When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi ¹  asked, ²  “How did things turn out for you, ³  my daughter?” Ruth ⁴  told her about all the man had done for her. ⁵ 

The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. ¹  They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites ²  living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.