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Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
