To drive off demons and evil spirits (should be recited immediately before retiring, or over an infant's cradle): Nu. 6:24-27; Deut. 32:10-12
To counteract magic: Ex. 22:17 and Is. 41:24; Lev. 1:1; Nu. 23:21-23; ten verses which begin and end with the letter nun, in the following order: Lev. 13:9, Nu. 32:32, Deut. 1.8:15, Cant. 4: 11, Prov. 7:17, Prov. 20:27, I Chr. 12:2, Jer. 50:8, Ps. 78:12, Ps. 77:21
To win favor: Gen. 46:17 and Nu. 26:46; Cant. 6:4-9
To gain a "good name": Cant. 1:15-16
To win credence in a dispute: Deut. 32:1-2
To have one's prayer answered: Ex. 34:6-7; Ex. 15:2
For a sweet voice: Ex. 15:1; Cant. 1:1
To strengthen the voice: Gen. 44:18
For the leader of prayer: Cant. 6:10-7:11
To arouse love: Cant. 1:3
At a betrothal: Cant. 4:1-5:2
For a newly married couple: Gen. 27:28; Nu. 24:5-7; Cant. 3:9-11
To maintain peace between man and wife: Cant. 8:5
To cure sterility: Deut. 7:12
To halt menstrual flow: Lev. 15:28
For a fever: Nu. 12:13; Deut. 7:15
For consumption: Lev. 5:19
For success: Gen. 39: 2; Ex. 15:11
For profitable trade: Gen. 31:42; 44:I 2
To fatten fowl: Deut. 22:6 and Is. 10:14
To make flocks thrive: Gen. 32:15 and Prov. 27:26-27
On beginning a piece of work: Ex. 36:8
On entering a new home: Gen. 37:1; 47:27; Ex. 40:2
For safety on a journey: Ex. 15:13; Nu. 10:35-36; Cant. 7:12
To be saved from an impending danger: Ex. 6:6-7
In a time of trouble: Cant. 2:14; 5:2
Against an enemy: Ex. 15:5; 15:6; 15:9; 15:19; Deut. 22:6, Is. 10:14 and Prov. 1:17
To cause an enemy to die: Nu. 14-37
To be invisible: Gen. 19:11
To cause an enemy to drown: Ex. 15:70
To be victorious in war: Ex. 15:3; Deut. 21:10
To cause the strength of an opposing army to wither away: Deut. 4:24
Against pursuers: Ex. 15:4
Against wild beasts: Deut. 18:13
Against a highwayman: Ex. 15:14
Against robbers: Ex. 15:15; Deut. 11:25; Cant. 2: 15; Gen. 32:2-3
Against slander: Ex. 15:7
To cause a man who has sworn falsely to die within a year: Ex. 15:12
To calm a raging river: Ex. 15:8
To dissipate a mirage or a hallucination: Ex. 15:16
For intelligence: Deut. 33:3-4
For good health after a fast: Lev. 26:42
To cause a curse to take effect: Lev. 27:29
For dream divination: Deut. 29:28; Cant. 1:7
Against the evil eye: Nu. 21:17-20