2 Samuel 13:3
13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.
2 Samuel 16:21-23
16:21 Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with
your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”
16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof,
and Absalom had sex with
his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
16:23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.
Micah 2:1
Land Robbers Will Lose their Land
2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead,
those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed.
As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans,
because they have the power to do so.
Luke 16:8
16:8 The
master commended the dishonest
manager because he acted shrewdly.
For the people
of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries
than the people
of light.
Romans 16:19
16:19 Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
Romans 16:1
Personal Greetings
16:1 Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
Colossians 1:20
1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross – through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.