שָׁנָה

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

…and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.

…and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

…but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

…lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.