Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.