He wrote: "Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed."

"When you help the Hebrew women give birth," he said to them, "kill the baby if it is a boy; but if it is a girl, let it live."

But the midwives were God-fearing and so did not obey the king; instead, they let the boys live.

Then he said to the guards standing near him, "Kill the LORD's priests! They conspired with David and did not tell me that he had run away, even though they knew it all along." But the guards refused to lift a hand to kill the LORD's priests.

So Saul said to Doeg, "You kill them!"---and Doeg killed them all. On that day he killed eighty-five priests who were qualified to carry the ephod.

Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not men.

David invited him to supper and got him drunk. But again that night Uriah did not go home; instead he slept on his blanket in the palace guardroom.

After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent.

Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him."

The next day the older daughter said to her sister, "I slept with him last night; now let's get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father."

So the two men sat down and ate and drank together. Then the woman's father told him, "Please spend the night and enjoy yourself."

When the man, his concubine, and the servant once more started to leave, the father said, "Look, it's almost evening now; you might as well stay all night. It will be dark soon; stay here and have a good time. Tomorrow you can get up early for the trip and go home."

They were enjoying themselves when all of a sudden some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and started beating on the door. They said to the old man, "Bring out that man that came home with you! We want to have sex with him!"

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking, he was in a good mood. He went to the pile of barley and lay down to sleep. Ruth slipped over quietly, lifted the covers and lay down at his feet.

Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.

Some ten days later the LORD struck Nabal and he died.

The attack began at noon, as Benhadad and his thirty-two allies were getting drunk in their tents.

On the seventh day of his banquet the king was drinking and feeling happy, so he called in the seven eunuchs who were his personal servants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas.

and produce wine to make us happy, olive oil to make us cheerful, and bread to give us strength.

Go ahead---eat your food and be happy; drink your wine and be cheerful. It's all right with God.

Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money.

While they were drinking, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups and bowls which his father Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from the Temple in Jerusalem. The king sent for them so that he, his noblemen, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.

and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

He turned pale and was so frightened that his knees began to shake.

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

"Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you

They went to Balaam and gave him this message from Balak: "Please don't let anything prevent you from coming to me!

I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me."

Then Saul made a sacred vow. "By the living LORD I promise that you will not be punished for doing this," he told her.

"Don't be afraid!" the king said to her. "What do you see?" "I see a spirit coming up from the earth," she answered.

Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the LORD your God, am with you wherever you go."