Be silent before the Lord God, ¹  for the Lord’s day of judgment ²  is almost here. ³  The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; ⁴  he has ritually purified ⁵  his guests.

Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack ¹  against Israel. He summoned ²  Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment ³  on you.

When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. ¹ 

King Solomon sent for Hiram ¹  of Tyre. ² 

You also are among them, ¹  called to belong to Jesus Christ. ² 

This persuasion ¹  does not come from the one who calls you!

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

They stopped there and decided to spend the night ¹  in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. ² 

Now his sons used to go ¹  and hold ²  a feast in the house of each one in turn, ³  and they would send and invite ⁴  their three ⁵  sisters to eat and to drink with them.

who was with the proconsul ¹  Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul ²  summoned ³  Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear ⁴  the word of God.

“All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable ¹  to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court – that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. ²  Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!”

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? ²  Who may live on your holy hill? ³ 

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Now ¹  Jesus went up the mountain ²  and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

But when you host an elaborate meal, ¹  invite the poor, the crippled, ²  the lame, and ³  the blind. ⁴ 

Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of ¹  Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.” ² 

‘Take ¹  an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who has a willing heart ²  bring ³  an offering to the Lord: ⁴  gold, silver, bronze,

The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed. ¹ 

Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out ¹  to you.”

Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. ¹  Let the king and his servants go with me.”