Calamity ¹  pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous. ² 

We are Jews by birth ¹  and not Gentile sinners, ² 

Do not sweep me away ¹  with sinners, or execute me along with violent people, ² 

Then I will teach ¹  rebels your merciful ways, ²  and sinners will turn ³  to you.

My child, if sinners ¹  try to entice ²  you, do not consent! ³ 

All rebellious sinners will be shattered, ¹  those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹ 

I have not come ¹  to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” ² 

Now all the tax collectors ¹  and sinners were coming ²  to hear him.

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of ¹  the ungodly and sinners? ² 

When the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees ²  saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ³ 

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, ¹  what credit is that to you? Even sinners ²  lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. ³ 

For this reason ¹  the wicked cannot withstand ²  judgment, ³  nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. ⁴ 

The Lord is both kind and fair; ¹  that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. ² 

May sinners disappear ¹  from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

Do not let your heart envy ¹  sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord ²  all the time.

When the Pharisees ¹  saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ² 

But ¹  the Pharisees ²  and the experts in the law ³  were complaining, ⁴  “This man welcomes ⁵  sinners and eats with them.”

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.