When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he ¹  will surely ²  hold you accountable as a sinner. ³ 

As a result, ¹  all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, ²  nor did he pay him homage.

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, ¹  “You sit here in a good place,” ²  and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”? ³ 

Then ¹  I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart ²  of wheat will cost a day’s pay ³  and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But ⁴  do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

Moreover, ¹  we ²  possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. ³  You do well if you pay attention ⁴  to this ⁵  as you would ⁶  to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star ⁷  rises in your hearts. ⁸ 

“If ¹  they do not believe you or pay attention to ²  the former sign, then they may ³  believe the latter sign. ⁴ 

The Lord’s messenger told ¹  Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her. ² 

Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” ¹ 

“Have I ¹  ever said, ²  ‘Give me something, and from your fortune ³  make gifts ⁴  in my favor’?

if I have eaten its produce without paying, ¹  or caused the death ²  of its owners, ³ 

Surely it is an empty cry ¹  – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

(Who has confronted ¹  me that I should repay? ²  Everything under heaven belongs to me!) ³ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; ²  a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, ³  Lord! Carefully consider my complaint! ⁴ 

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!” ¹ 

For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites. Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! ² 

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; ¹  he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price ² 

O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! ¹ 

Pay back our neighbors in full! ¹  May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! ² 

O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!