Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: ¹  Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty ²  of man.

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!) ¹ 

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; ¹  without knowledge he multiplies words.”

At the beginning his words ¹  are foolish and at the end ²  his talk ³  is wicked madness, ⁴ 

“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense ¹  that I now ²  make to you.”

Therefore, brothers and sisters, ¹  we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will ¹  bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition ²  from God.

“‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought ¹  to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

Is it your opinion ¹  that God ²  should recompense it, because you reject this? ³  But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

I jumped to conclusions and said, ¹  “I am cut off from your presence!” ²  But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

Do not go out hastily to litigation, ¹  or ²  what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Next, I decided to consider ¹  wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. ²  For what more can the king’s successor do than what the king ³  has already done?

The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.

“This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and the color drained from my face. ¹  But I kept the matter to myself.” ² 

For I tell you that this scripture must be ¹  fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted with the transgressors.’ ²  For what is written about me is being fulfilled.” ³ 

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing ¹  deserving death. ² 

What should I do? ¹  I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.