Deuteronomy 32:18

32:18 You have forgotten ¹  the Rock who fathered you,

and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

7:14 In times of prosperity ²  be joyful,

but in times of adversity ³  consider this:

God has made one as well as the other, ⁴ 

so that no one can discover what the future holds. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 18:28

18:28 Because he considered ⁶  and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Haggai 1:5

1:5 Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing. ⁷ 

Luke 15:17

15:17 But when he came to his senses ⁸  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ⁹  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

¹ tc The Hebrew text is corrupt here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”

² tn Heb “the day of good.”

³ tn Heb “the day of evil.”

⁴ tn Less probable renderings of this line are “God hath made the one side by side with the other” (ASV) and “God has set the one alongside the other” (NEB).

⁵ tn Heb “anything after him.” This line is misinterpreted by several versions: “that man may not find against him any just complaint” (Douay); “consequently, man may find no fault with Him” (NJPS); “so that man cannot find fault with him in anything” (NAB).

⁶ tn Heb “he saw.”

⁷ tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways” (see 2:15, 18); traditionally “Consider your ways” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).

⁸ tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

⁹ tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).