1 Samuel 25:3

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.

Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were chief ministers.

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day.

So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.

No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! Yahweh’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.

Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.

When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)

certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known,

Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.

Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

Servants rule over us. There is no one to deliver us out of their hand.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.

and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

Nevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.

He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).

Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.

Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”

Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men, whom you sent.

David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.

We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’ ”

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.

As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.

The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.

The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.