The Lord responded to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down?

Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest!

Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”

The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”

When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, “How did it go?”

When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

The leaders of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”

Samuel replied, “If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.”

Jonathan replied to David, “Tell me what I can do for you.”

David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

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

The king replied to her, “What do you want?” She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

But Absalom said, “Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”