Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. ¹ 

So Jephthah left ¹  his half-brothers ²  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³ 

Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman, ¹  for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

A crooked witness ¹  scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours ²  iniquity.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, ¹  but whoever chases daydreams ²  will have his fill ³  of poverty.

Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. ¹ 

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, ¹  quarrels, and fights about the law, ²  because they are useless and empty.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

But some wicked men ¹  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ² 

The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him ¹  outside the city and stoned him to death. ² 

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ¹ 

As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! ¹ 

For he ¹  knows deceitful ²  men; when he sees evil, will he not ³  consider it? ⁴ 

“If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?” ¹ 

Not so with the wicked! Instead ¹  they are like wind-driven chaff. ² 

All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. ¹ 

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad ¹  tree bears bad fruit.

“For ¹  no good tree bears bad ²  fruit, nor again ³  does a bad tree bear good fruit,