You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly – black like a raven.

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble.

She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”

Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers).

Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.

Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.

Moreover, Judah will fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered up – gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.