Omri’s supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king.

Now I was paying you close attention, ¹  yet ²  there was no one proving Job wrong, ³  not one of you was answering his statements!

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

See now, ¹  I have prepared ²  my ³  case; ⁴  I know that I am right. ⁵ 

But wisdom is vindicated ¹  by all her children.” ² 

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, ¹  by genuine ²  love,

If so, have you not made distinctions ¹  among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? ² 

When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing ¹  is being done in Israel,

Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim ¹  belong to your godly one, ²  whose authority you challenged at Massah, ³  and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ⁴ 

You have scrutinized my inner motives; ¹  you have examined me during the night. ²  You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful. ³ 

Against you – you above all ¹  – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So ²  you are just when you confront me; ³  you are right when you condemn me. ⁴ 

When Apollos ¹  wanted to cross over to Achaia, ²  the brothers encouraged ³  him ⁴  and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he ⁵  assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

My brothers ¹  have been as treacherous ²  as a seasonal stream, ³  and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams ⁴  that flow away. ⁵ 

“Should not this ¹  abundance of words be answered, ²  or should this ³  talkative man ⁴  be vindicated? ⁵ 

They swayed ¹  and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. ² 

He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations. ¹ 

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