A gentle response ¹  turns away anger, but a harsh word ²  stirs up wrath. ³ 

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

to execute judgment on ¹  all, and to convict every person ²  of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds ³  that they have committed, ⁴  and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” ⁵ 

“You have criticized me sharply,” ¹  says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’

Slaves, ¹  be subject ²  to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

The man’s name was Nabal, ¹  and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise ²  and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

When the people heard this troubling word ¹  they mourned; ²  no one put on his ornaments.

She is harsh ¹  with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

ג (Gimel) Judah ¹  has departed into exile under ²  affliction and harsh oppression. ³  She ⁴  lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in ⁵  narrow straits. ⁶ 

¹ Moses told this ²  to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him ³  because of their discouragement ⁴  and hard labor.

When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, ¹  and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

He inquired of Arioch the king’s deputy, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” ¹  Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

You have become cruel to me; ¹  with the strength of your hand you attack me. ² 

Take away the insults that I dread! ¹  Indeed, ²  your regulations are good.

Keen insight ¹  wins ²  favor, but the conduct ³  of the unfaithful is harsh. ⁴ 

For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

“Your father made us work too hard. ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

“Your father made us work too hard! ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”