Samson said to them, ¹  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ² 

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.” ¹ 

All of the entrances ¹  were rectangular in shape ²  and they were arranged in sets of three. ³ 

I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. ¹  With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

They contacted ¹  me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time. ² 

The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand.

The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings ²  with a person,

They have prepared a net to trap me; ¹  I am discouraged. ²  They have dug a pit for me. ³  They will fall ⁴  into it! (Selah)

The godly ¹  will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

O Lord, shelter me from the power ¹  of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over. ² 

For you know in your own heart ¹  that you also have cursed others many times.

I dug wells and drank water. ¹  With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

Whatever ¹  you plot ²  against the Lord, he will completely destroy! ³  Distress ⁴  will not arise ⁵  a second time.

¹ When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, ²  he did not go as at the other times ³  to seek for omens, ⁴  but he set his face ⁵  toward the wilderness.

On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn ¹  and marched around the city as before – only this time they marched around it seven times. ² 

Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ² 

The Benjaminites attacked ¹  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ²  They began to strike down their enemy ³  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ⁴  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ⁵  about thirty Israelites.

The prophet ¹  got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! ²  But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”