“And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up” (II Samuel 15:30).

“Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains” (Psalm 104:6).

“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth” (Proverbs 27:1).

“For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling” (Psalm 116:8).

“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him” (Genesis 5:1).