Isaiah 14:24-32

²⁴ Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: ²⁵ that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders. ²⁶ This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. ²⁷ For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” ²⁸ This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died. ²⁹ Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent. ³⁰ The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed. ³¹ Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks. ³² What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.

Genesis 8:21-9:7

²¹ Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done. ²² While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.” ¹ God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. ² The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand. ³ Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. ⁴ But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat. ⁵ I will surely require your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. ⁶ Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image. ⁷ Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”

Proverbs 11:19-12:6

¹⁹ He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death. ²⁰ Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight. ²¹ Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. ²² Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. ²³ The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath. ²⁴ There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. ²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. ²⁶ People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. ²⁷ He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him. ²⁸ He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf. ²⁹ He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. ³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls. ³¹ Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner! ¹ Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. ² A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans. ³ A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. ⁴ A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones. ⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. ⁶ The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.