King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”

He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

Hiram asked, “Why did you give me these cities, my friend?” He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day.

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be rewarded by the Lord because he has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!” Then Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian.”

David said, “I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

“‘When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten.

“This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall,

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one.

Solomon replied, “You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.

the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”