The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

The night watchmen found me – the ones who guard the city walls. “Have you seen my beloved?”

I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people.

Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

“My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!

Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

for the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every living thing is its blood – all who eat it will be cut off.

When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”

Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.

The enemy said, ‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’

If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,