All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.

When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!

the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders,

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

Then the Lord provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies –

Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.

Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies?

Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood.

The Lord said to me, “I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”

So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do and put them on.

Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.

They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.

ח (Khet) The Lord’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.

I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.