You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,

Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother’s home! May the Lord show you the same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me!

“Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.

Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

“I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them.

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

but then he may go free, he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors.

for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.

Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.