I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, ¹  nor did I anoint myself with oil ²  until the end of those three weeks.

He will have control over the hidden stores of gold and silver, as well as all the treasures of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians ¹  will submit to him. ² 

For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. ¹ 

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, ¹  so that when it runs out you will be welcomed ²  into the eternal homes. ³ 

The purpose of this enlightenment is that ¹  through the church the multifaceted wisdom ²  of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

(The ripe fruit ¹  you greatly desired ²  has gone from you, and all your luxury ³  and splendor ⁴  have gone from you – they will never ever be found again!) ⁵ 

because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” ¹  And every ship’s captain, ²  and all who sail along the coast ³  – seamen, and all who ⁴  make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. ¹ 

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, ¹  for you have become much more powerful ²  than we are.”

Then she handed ¹  the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

Be careful ¹  not to say, “My own ability and skill ²  have gotten me this wealth.”

Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ¹  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

But King Solomon will be empowered ¹  and David’s dynasty ²  will endure permanently before the Lord.”

the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)

Because he covered his face with fat, ¹  and made ²  his hips bulge with fat, ³ 

Let him not trust in what is worthless, ¹  deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward. ² 

“Why do the wicked go on living, ¹  grow old, ²  even increase in power?

But God ¹  drags off the mighty by his power; when God ²  rises up against him, he has no faith in his life. ³ 

a hidden path ¹  no bird of prey knows – no falcon’s ²  eye has spotted it.

when my steps ¹  were bathed ²  with butter ³  and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil! ⁴