They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.

Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams."

and said to one another, "Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now."

Reuben said, "I told you not to harm the boy, but you wouldn't listen. And now we are being paid back for his death."

Even David's two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had been taken away.

Evil tastes so good to them that they keep some in their mouths to enjoy its flavor.

But in their stomachs the food turns bitter, as bitter as any poison could be.

They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. "No one can see them," they say.

those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Wickedness and violence are like food and drink to them.