Proverbs 30:22

For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

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

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.”

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.

Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

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.”

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”

Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates)

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

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

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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

Then Ishmael carried away captive all of the people who were left in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

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

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.

They rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

“ ‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.

and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”

They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.

Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army felt secure.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

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.

Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.

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 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.

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;

I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”

The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.

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

Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

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

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

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 couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.

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.

His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

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

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

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

Arrogant speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

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

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

It will happen when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

For they will go up by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping. For at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for the waters of Nimrim will also become desolate.

He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate, with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.