Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight before us.” Joab said, “So be it!”

So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord.

Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”

So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”

Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

י (Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.