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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
