But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.

Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.

While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers!

So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can have sexual relations with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

We have plenty of straw and feed,” she added, “and room for you to spend the night.”

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, “Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Do you want to go with this man?” She replied, “I want to go.”

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”