At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

When ¹  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ²  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ³  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

And when ¹  the cloud remained only ²  from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up ³  the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

It is not the aged ¹  who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

The wicked become ¹  a ransom ²  for the righteous, and the faithless ³  are taken ⁴  in the place of the upright.

Now Thomas (called Didymus), ¹  one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

With it we bless the Lord ¹  and Father, and with it we curse people ²  made in God’s image.

Sometime later ¹  Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. ¹ 

A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. ¹ 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

Here is ¹  a misfortune ²  on earth ³  that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over ¹  the fruit of his labor ²  as an inheritance ³  to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice! ⁴ 

During the days of my fleeting life ¹  I have seen both ²  of these things: Sometimes ³  a righteous person dies prematurely ⁴  in spite of ⁵  his righteousness, and sometimes ⁶  a wicked person lives long ⁷  in spite of his evil deeds.

Here is ¹  another ²  enigma ³  that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, ⁴  and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. ⁵  I said, “This also is an enigma.”

David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. ¹  There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. ²  Press the battle against the city and conquer ³  it.’ Encourage him with these words.” ⁴