Increase ¹  your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like ²  the young locust which sheds ³  its skin and flies away.

Like an eagle that stirs up ¹  its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord ²  spread out his wings and took him, ³  he lifted him up on his pinions.

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? ¹ 

I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, ¹  with richly colored fabric ²  from Egypt.

The righteous person hates anything false, ¹  but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. ² 

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out ¹  lies will perish. ² 

A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise! ¹ 

and their message will spread its infection ¹  like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. ² 

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, ¹  and sing about your justice. ² 

With his speech ¹  the godless person ²  destroys ³  his neighbor, but by knowledge ⁴  the righteous will be delivered.

A crooked witness ¹  scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours ²  iniquity.

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

But ¹  for this purpose I have caused you to stand: ²  to show you ³  my strength, and so that my name may be declared ⁴  in all the earth.

When someone comes to visit, ¹  he pretends to be friendly; ²  he thinks of ways to defame me, ³  and when he leaves he slanders me. ⁴ 

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more ¹  to anyone in this name.”

If someone spreads false teachings ¹  and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

In fact, ¹  I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion ²  gasping for breath, reaching out for help, ³  saying, “I am done in! ⁴  My life is ebbing away before these murderers!”

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further ¹  on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. ²