lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy ¹  will never go away.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest ¹  gathers it for someone who is gracious ²  to the needy.

Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. ¹  Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction. ² 

The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor.

Let his mind ¹  be altered from that of a human being, and let an animal’s mind be given to him, and let seven periods of time ²  go by for ³  him.

The earth quakes ¹  before them; ²  the sky reverberates. ³  The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine. ⁴ 

“Because ¹  you violently slaughtered ²  your relatives, ³  the people of Jacob, ⁴  shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed ⁵  forever.

Although it grieved the king, ¹  because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

so ¹  I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’

Although it grieved the king deeply, ¹  he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

I know ¹  what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’ ² 

I give ¹  them eternal life, and they will never perish; ²  no one will snatch ³  them from my hand.

And now I advise ¹  you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. ² 

If the foot says, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ¹ 

For this very reason, ¹  make every effort ²  to add to your faith excellence, ³  to excellence, knowledge;

The ships of Kittim ¹  will come against him, leaving him disheartened. ²  He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor ³  those who forsake the holy covenant.