He said to David, "What's that stick for? Do you think I'm a dog?" And he called down curses from his god on David.

Mephibosheth bowed again and said, "I am no better than a dead dog, sir! Why should you be so good to me?"

An evil gang is around me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.

Save me from the sword; save my life from these dogs.

He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!

They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.

"Do not give what is holy to dogs---they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs---they will only trample them underfoot.

Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body.

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

"Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, "I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!"

Peter answered, "I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!" And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Elisha answered, "The LORD has revealed to me that he will die; but go to him and tell him that he will recover."

The LORD said, "Return to the wilderness near Damascus, then enter the city and anoint Hazael as king of Syria;

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.