The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, ¹  but the belly of the wicked lacks food. ² 

As for teqel – you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

Jesus ¹  said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend ¹  him whatever he needs. ² 

There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. ¹  David brought everything back.

Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, ¹  just as I promised your father David, ‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ² 

I will install rulers ¹  over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. ²  I, the Lord, promise it! ³ 

For there was no one needy ¹  among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling ²  them ³  and bringing the proceeds from the sales

So the five men journeyed on ¹  and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there ²  were living securely, like the Sidonians do, ³  undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. ⁴  They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. ⁵ 

and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, ¹  ‘If your descendants watch their step ²  and live faithfully in my presence ³  with all their heart and being, ⁴  then,’ he promised, ⁵  ‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ ⁶ 

¹ “The wings of the ostrich ²  flap with joy, ³  but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork? ⁴ 

Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

I am so starved my knees shake; ¹  I have turned into skin and bones. ² 

You who are naive, discern ¹  wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! ² 

There is abundant food in the field ¹  of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice. ² 

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed ¹  will be taken ²  right out from under you! ³ 

Surely ¹  I am more brutish ²  than any other human being, ³  and I do not have human understanding; ⁴ 

A wise person’s good sense protects him, ¹  but a fool’s lack of sense leaves him vulnerable. ²