But you must be loyal to ¹  the Lord your God, as you have been ²  to this very day.

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. ¹ 

This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him ¹  from all his troubles.

May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant. ¹ 

Hold on to instruction, ¹  do not let it go; protect it, ²  because it is your life.

The ruined town ¹  is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight. ² 

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ¹ 

But at this statement, the man ¹  looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. ² 

But when the man ¹  heard this he became very sad, ²  for he was extremely wealthy.

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

Then he said, “Hold out the shawl ¹  you are wearing ²  and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds ³  of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he ⁴  went into town,

Scarcely ¹  had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him ²  tightly and would not let him go ³  until I brought him to my mother’s house, ⁴  to the bedroom chamber ⁵  of the one who conceived me.

Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued.” He said to her, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair ¹  into the fabric on the loom ²  and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man.”

No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance.”

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Again they wept loudly. ¹  Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, ²  but Ruth ³  clung tightly to her. ⁴ 

The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, ¹  and cisterns.

The one who winks his eyes ¹  devises perverse things, and ²  one who compresses his lips ³  brings about ⁴  evil.

Take a man’s ¹  garment ²  when he has given security for a stranger, ³  and when he gives surety for strangers, ⁴  hold him ⁵  in pledge.