But these words seemed like pure nonsense ¹  to them, and they did not believe them.

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So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. ¹  But they seemed like only a few days to him ²  because his love for her was so great. ³ 

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us ¹  not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules: ² 

This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials. ¹ 

The proposal seemed appropriate to ¹  the king and the entire assembly.

I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, ¹  and it is a great burden ²  to me:

We even saw the Nephilim ¹  there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves ²  and to them.” ³ 

So ¹  it seemed good to me as well, ²  because I have followed ³  all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account ⁴  for you, most excellent Theophilus,

This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders ¹  of Israel.

But from those who were influential ¹  (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people ² ) – those influential leaders ³  added ⁴  nothing to my message. ⁵ 

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

we have unanimously ¹  decided ²  to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ¹ 

The whole assembly agreed to do this, ¹  for the proposal seemed right to all the people. ² 

Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. ¹ 

But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ¹  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

Now and then ¹  there would be something wrong ²  with the pot he was molding from the clay ³  with his hands. So he would rework ⁴  the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit. ⁵ 

Then Abner spoke privately ¹  with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately ²  of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. ³