1) Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand.

(Proverbs 30:18)
The passage is using numerical sayings to help emphasize, to the reader, things of wonder and
incomprehensible by human beings.

2) But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is
this a task for one day or for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. (Ezra
10:13)
In this passage, Israel knows it must repent, but realize that their sins are so great that they
cannot simply accomplish this in one or two days. The use of numerical sayings just goes to
emphasize how great the sin was and how long it would take to accomplish making up for
wrongs they committed.
3) So two or three cities wandered to one city (Amos 4:8)
This emphasizes how God tried to help a city, that even other multiple cities were coming to the
one city, and they still didnt come back to God.