1 Samuel 15:23-24

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ¹  king.”

15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded ²  and what you said as well. ³  For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. ⁴ 

Matthew 22:12

22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say. ⁵ 

Matthew 25:26-27

25:26 But his master answered, ⁶  ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter? 25:27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, ⁷  and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! ⁸ 

Matthew 25:45

25:45 Then he will answer them, ⁹  ‘I tell you the truth, ¹⁰  just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ¹¹  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ¹²  you wicked slave! ¹³  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ¹⁴  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ¹⁵  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

¹ tn Or “from [being].”

² tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “and your words.”

⁴ tn Heb “and I listened to their voice.”

⁵ tn Grk “he was silent.”

⁶ tn Grk “But answering, his master said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

⁷ tn For the translation “deposited my money with the bankers,” see L&N 57.216.

⁸ sn That is, “If you really feared me you should have done a minimum to get what I asked for.”

⁹ tn Grk “answer them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹⁰ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

¹³ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

¹⁴ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”