He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: “May men praise you, for you have done well!”

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. “My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

“Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the Lord!

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers are slumbering! Your people are scattered like sheep on the mountains and there is no one to regather them!

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!”

I, the Lord, promise that I will hand Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies who are seeking to kill him. I will do that just as surely as I handed King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking to kill him.’”

But Hamor made this appeal to them: “My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

The prophet then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”

But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’