It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”’

If I say, “My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.

and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person will be cut off from his people.

a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young.

Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

At that time the brother will shout, ‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

for before the child knows how to cry out, ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”