Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel.

My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

Samson said to them, “Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”

When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the project.

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.