1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

Numbers 16:46-48

16:46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord – the plague has begun!” 16:47 So Aaron did ¹  as Moses commanded ²  and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. 16:48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

Proverbs 6:4-5

6:4 Permit no sleep to your eyes ³ 

or slumber to your eyelids.

6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, ⁴ 

and like a bird from the trap ⁵  of the fowler.

Matthew 5:25

5:25 Reach agreement ⁶  quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, ⁷  or he ⁸  may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

[16:47]  ¹ tn Heb “took.”

[16:47]  ² tn Or “had spoken” (NASB); NRSV “had ordered.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Heb “do not give sleep to your eyes.” The point is to go to the neighbor and seek release from the agreement immediately (cf. NLT “Don’t rest until you do”).

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the hand.” Most translations supply “of the hunter.” The word “hand” can signify power, control; so the meaning is that of a gazelle freeing itself from a snare or a trap that a hunter set.

[6:5]  ⁵ tc Heb “hand” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV). Some mss and versions have it as “trap,” which may very well represent an interpretation too.

[5:25]  ⁶ tn Grk “Make friends.”

[5:25]  ⁷ tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[5:25]  ⁸ tn Grk “the accuser.”