21:13 The one who shuts his ears 1 to the cry 2 of the poor,
he too will cry out and will not be answered. 3
21:1 The king’s heart 4 is in the hand 5 of the Lord like channels of water; 6
he turns it wherever he wants.
25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused. 25:10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters! 25:11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”
5:28 That is how 7 they have grown fat and sleek. 8
There is no limit to the evil things they do. 9
They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it.
They do not defend the rights of the poor.
22:15 Does it make you any more of a king
that you outstrip everyone else in 10 building with cedar?
Just think about your father.
He was content that he had food and drink. 11
He did what was just and right. 12
So things went well with him.
22:16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.
So things went well for Judah.’ 13
The Lord says,
‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’ 14
22:17 But you are always thinking and looking
for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means.
Your eyes and your heart are set
on killing some innocent person
and committing fraud and oppression. 15
22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 19 22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, 20 declares the sovereign Lord.”
3:1 I said,
“Listen, you leaders 21 of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation 22 of Israel!
You ought to know what is just, 23
3:2 yet you 24 hate what is good, 25
and love what is evil. 26
You flay my people’s skin 27
and rip the flesh from their bones. 28
3:3 You 29 devour my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin,
and crush their bones.
You chop them up like flesh in a pot 30 –
like meat in a kettle.
3:4 Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, 31
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have done such wicked deeds.”