Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.

The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

For this is what the sovereign master has told me: “Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.

“The Lord God of Israel says, ‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll.

He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself.

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven – and a few small fish.”

When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.

After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.