As Babylon had the dead of Israel put to the sword, so in Babylon the dead of all the land will be stretched out.

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.