נָדִיב

Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.

The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

…who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

…to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

…for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.