I thought to myself, ¹  “I have become much wiser ²  than any of my predecessors who ruled ³  over Jerusalem; ⁴  I ⁵  have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.” ⁶ 

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!” ¹ 

“How much less, ¹  then, can I answer him ²  and choose my words ³  to argue ⁴  with ⁵  him! ⁶ 

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, ¹  who drinks in evil like water! ² 

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder. ¹ 

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, ¹  how much more ²  the wicked sinner! ³ 

Death and Destruction ¹  are before the Lord – how much more ²  the hearts of humans! ³ 

Excessive ¹  speech ²  is not becoming for a fool; ³  how much less are lies ⁴  for a ruler! ⁵ 

Do not spend time ¹  among drunkards, ²  among those who eat too much ³  meat,

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

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

“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life. ¹ 

“What is mankind ¹  that you make so much of them, ²  and that you pay attention ³  to them?

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot ¹  – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much ¹  –

An evil person suffers much pain, ¹  but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. ² 

For my sins overwhelm me; ¹  like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

How much better it is to acquire ¹  wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable ²  than silver.

Luxury is not appropriate ¹  for a fool; ²  how much less for a servant to rule over princes! ³