Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”

So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.”

I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row.

We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’

Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?