Deliver by your power ¹  and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe. ² 

The one who gives an answer ¹  before he listens ²  – that is his folly and his shame. ³ 

Like a kiss on the lips ¹  is the one who gives an honest answer.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, ¹  lest you yourself also be like him. ² 

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

A servant ¹  cannot be corrected ²  by words, for although ³  he understands, there is no answer. ⁴ 

Shout out, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth! ¹ 

“My people, how have I wronged you? ¹  How have I wearied you? Answer me!

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back. ¹ 

Ish-bosheth ¹  was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

“Call now! ¹  Is there anyone who will answer you? ²  To which of the holy ones ³  will you turn? ⁴ 

Although ¹  I am innocent, ²  I could not answer him; ³  I could only plead ⁴  with my judge ⁵  for mercy.

You will call ¹  and I ²  – I will answer you; you will long for ³  the creature you have made. ⁴ 

“If ¹  I cry out, ²  ‘Violence!’ ³  I receive no answer; ⁴  I cry for help, but there is no justice.

I would know with what words ¹  he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

I cry out to you, ¹  but you do not answer me; I stand up, ²  and you only look at me. ³ 

So these three men refused to answer ²  Job further, because he was righteous in his ³  own eyes.

And I have waited. ¹  But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

I will speak, ¹  so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.