People curse someone who hoards grain, waiting for a higher price, but they praise the one who puts it up for sale.

Judges who punish the guilty, however, will be prosperous and enjoy a good reputation.

Honest people will lead a full, happy life. But if you are in a hurry to get rich, you are going to be punished.

Obey the LORD your God and all these blessings will be yours:

People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.

May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,

May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus.

A good person's words are a fountain of life, but a wicked person's words hide a violent nature.

He had just thrown himself down on Esther's couch to beg for mercy, when the king came back into the room from the gardens. Seeing this, the king cried out, "Is this man going to rape the queen right here in front of me, in my own palace?" The king had no sooner said this than the eunuchs covered Haman's head.

The righteous see this and are glad, but all the wicked are put to silence.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.