"Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.

"Whoever kidnaps someone, either to sell him or to keep him as a slave, is to be put to death.

But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough.

and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

and asked, "What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?" They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to him.

for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for kidnappers, for those who lie and give false testimony or who do anything else contrary to sound doctrine.

and cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and even human lives.

Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the LORD's battles." (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)

The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah.

So while Joab was besieging the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew the enemy was strong.

Why, then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife!

Laban said, "Yes, indeed, you are my own flesh and blood." Jacob stayed there a whole month.

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."