Have I not written thirty sayings ¹  for you, sayings ²  of counsel and knowledge,

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively ¹  to my sayings.

These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality ¹  in judgment is terrible: ² 

The Teacher sought to find delightful ¹  words, and to write ²  accurately truthful sayings. ³ 

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! ¹ 

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! ¹ 

To discern ¹  the meaning of ²  a proverb and a parable, ³  the sayings of the wise ⁴  and their ⁵  riddles. ⁶ 

For it is pleasing if ¹  you keep these sayings ²  within you, and ³  they are ready on your lips. ⁴ 

Now when ¹  Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. ² 

My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, ¹  as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight ¹  was true!

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight ¹  was true!

The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including his deeds and sayings, ¹  are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo.

The words of the sages are like prods, ¹  and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

Now ¹  about eight days ²  after these sayings, Jesus ³  took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize ¹  him, ²  and they fulfilled the sayings ³  of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning ⁴  him. ⁵ 

“But all these nations will someday taunt him ¹  and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ²  ‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead ³  (How long will this go on?) ⁴  – he who gets rich by extortion!’ ⁵