“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

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.

Then you will take ¹  it to your father. Thus he will eat it ²  and ³  bless you before he dies.”

so that they might keep his commands and obey ¹  his laws. Praise the Lord!

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered ¹  because of them,

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king! ¹ 

So tell them ¹  you are my sister ²  so that it may go well ³  for me because of you and my life will be spared ⁴  on account of you.”

and he did treat Abram well ¹  on account of her. Abram received ²  sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

You are to tell your son ¹  on that day, ²  ‘It is ³  because of what ⁴  the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, ¹  for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose ¹  you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. ² 

and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah ¹  for the Lord’s sake.

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ¹  because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, ¹  a pair of sandals ²  for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” ³ 

But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! ¹  For this land is not secure! ²  Sin will thoroughly destroy it! ³ 

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, ¹  that the fear of him ²  may be before you so that you do not ³  sin.”

So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Abraham ¹  spoke to him again, ²  “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Abraham ¹  said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Finally Abraham ¹  said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”