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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
