If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.

“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property.

You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).

For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,

A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,