Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

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

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!”

The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.

30 gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels.

The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

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

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person – who can find?

The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.

But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will –

See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.