As soon as they see, ¹  they are shocked; ²  they are terrified, they quickly retreat. ³ 

Yes, ¹  they devise a unified strategy; ²  they form an alliance ³  against you.

saying, ¹  “Don’t touch my chosen ²  ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”

How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock! ¹ 

“Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams ¹  turbulent at flood stage?

And he placed his hands on them and went on his way. ¹ 

Now when they heard this they were stunned, ¹  and they left him and went away.

I tell you the truth, ¹  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! ² 

When ¹  the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

But God, who encourages ¹  the downhearted, encouraged ²  us by the arrival of Titus.

Conduct yourselves ¹  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. ¹  Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. ² 

If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; ¹  their blood guilt is on themselves.

I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, ¹  and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright. ² 

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go ¹  to the fields so I can gather ²  grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” ³  Naomi ⁴  replied, “You may go, my daughter.”

These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word. ¹ 

The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.

And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by ¹  David the man of God.

The Lord says, “The women ¹  of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high ²  and flirt with their eyes. They skip along ³  and the jewelry on their ankles jingles. ⁴ 

Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ¹  Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ²  I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ³