Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it.”

What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

What can a person give in exchange for his life?

“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

the priest will calculate for him the amount of its conversion value until the jubilee year, and he must pay the conversion value on that jubilee day as something that is holy to the Lord.

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

and throw your gold in the dust – your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!”

Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”