Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.

He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions.

but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster – a one-of-a-kind disaster – is coming!

Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail.

Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

“When a body has a burn on its skin and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot,

There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!

You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.

My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!