<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully<n id="1" /> must surely be put to death.p>

<p class="poetry">Surely<n id="1" /> those favored by the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> will possess the land,p> <p class="poetry">but those rejected<n id="3" /> by him will be wiped out.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;If anyone<n id="2" /> curses his father and mother<n id="3" /> he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You must not blaspheme<n id="1" /> God<n id="2" /> or curse the ruler of your people.p>

This is an easy task for the <sc>Lordsc>;<n id="1" /> he will also hand Moab over to you.

<p class="poetry">My days<n id="1" /> are swifter<n id="2" /> than a weaver&#8217;s shuttle<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and they come to an end without hope.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;My days<n id="1" /> are swifter than a runner,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they speed by without seeing happiness.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, I am completely unworthy<n id="1" /> &#8211; how could I reply to you?p> <p class="poetry">I put<n id="2" /> my hand over my mouth to silence myself.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They curse, but you will bless.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When they attack, they will be humiliated,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but your servant will rejoice.p>

<p class="poetry">The scorner<n id="1" /> seeks wisdom but finds none,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but understanding is easy<n id="3" /> for a discerning person.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who curses<n id="1" /> his father and his mother,p> <p class="poetry">his lamp<n id="2" /> will be extinguished in the blackest<n id="3" /> darkness.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not slander<n id="1" /> a servant to his master,p> <p class="poetry">lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">There is a generation<n id="1" /> who curse their fathersp> <p class="poetry">and do not bless their mothers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking.p> <p class="poetry">All the hills were swaying back and forth!p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Noah<n id="1" /> sent out a dove<n id="2" /> to see if the waters had receded<n id="3" /> from the surface of the ground.

<p class="poetry">I will bless those who bless you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who treats you lightly<n id="2" /> I must curse,p> <p class="poetry">and all the families of the earth will bless one another<n id="3" /> by your name.&#8221;p>

He had sexual relations with<n id="1" /> Hagar, and she became pregnant.<n id="2" /> Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.<n id="3" />

You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person.<n id="1" /> You must fear<n id="2" /> your God; I am the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Moreover,<n id="1" /> you are to tell the Israelites, &#8216;If any man curses his God<n id="2" /> he will bear responsibility for his sin,

<p class="poetry">Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved<n id="1" /> during their lives,p> <p class="poetry">and not even in their deaths were they separated.p> <p class="poetry">They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.p>