Answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest he be wise in his own estimation. ² 

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar. ¹ 

Do not slander ¹  a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. ² 

Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. ¹  Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing. ² 

But I fear the reaction ¹  of their enemies, for ²  their adversaries would misunderstand and say, “Our power is great, ³  and the Lord has not done all this!”’

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals ¹  multiply against you.

But the Kohathites ¹  are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! ¹ 

Otherwise they will rip ¹  me ²  to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me. ³ 

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone. ¹ 

But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ¹ 

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners ¹  so that none of them would escape by swimming away. ² 

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹ 

so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!

I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

it is not from ¹  works, so that no one can boast. ² 

They said to Moses, “You speak ¹  to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”