¹ The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over. ² 

Starting a quarrel ¹  is like letting out water; ²  stop it before strife breaks out! ³ 

If you stop listening to ¹  instruction, my child, you will stray ²  from the words of knowledge.

As ¹  Death and Destruction are never satisfied, ²  so the eyes of a person ³  are never satisfied. ⁴ 

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed ¹  from their filthiness. ² 

She knows ¹  that her merchandise is good, and her lamp ²  does not go out in the night.

So I began to despair ¹  about all the fruit of ²  my labor ³  for which I worked so hard ⁴  on earth. ⁵ 

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved ¹  is dazzling ²  and ruddy; ³  he stands out ⁴  in comparison to ⁵  all other men. ⁶ 

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ¹  and their lands.

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way. ¹ 

My assailants revile and conspire ¹  against me all day long.

unless ¹  you have utterly rejected us ²  and are angry with us beyond measure. ³ 

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

Many ¹  women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support ²  were also there, watching from a distance.

It is like a mustard seed ¹  that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

He spoke openly about this. So ¹  Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, ¹  and they were both very old. ²