2 Samuel 14:20

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.

Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’

Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’ ”

Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.

David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?” Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’ ”

Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God—

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”

Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

You shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, except you shall take its goods and its livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it.”

and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; for Yahweh your God will deliver it into your hand.

Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and what you might be bound to afflict you.”

Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?

When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees.

behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.

David inquired again of God; and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them opposite the mulberry trees.

Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.

When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came, and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.

Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

For there will be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. The king Nebuchadnezzar your father, yes, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong, and take action.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.