The enemy said, 'I will pursue them and catch them; I will divide their wealth and take all I want; I will draw my sword and take all they have.'

they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.

Suppose they say, "Come on; let's find someone to kill! Let's attack some innocent people for the fun of it!

We'll find all kinds of riches and fill our houses with loot!

My child, don't go with people like that. Stay away from them.

You sent your servants to boast to me that with all your chariots you had conquered the highest mountains of Lebanon. You boasted that there you cut down the tallest cedars and the finest cypress trees, and that you reached the deepest parts of the forests.

You boasted that you dug wells and drank water in foreign lands, and that the feet of your soldiers tramped the Nile River dry.

They are quick to hurt and kill;

So the five men left and went to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone; they had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with any other people.

After the Danites had taken the priest and the things that Micah had made, they went and attacked Laish, that town of peaceful, quiet people which was in the same valley as Bethrehob. They killed the inhabitants and burned the town. There was no one to save them, because Laish was a long way from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any other people. The Danites rebuilt the town and settled down there.

'Come on! We'll attack those people that feel safe and secure! Their city has no gates or locks and is completely unprotected.'

"Take their camels and all their livestock! I will scatter in every direction those people who cut their hair short, and I will bring disaster on them from every side.

The first one said to the other, "Run and tell that young man with the measuring line that there are going to be so many people and so much livestock in Jerusalem that it will be too big to have walls.

The LORD has promised that he himself will be a wall of fire around the city to protect it and that he will live there in all his glory."

After many years I will order him to invade a country where the people were brought back together from many nations and have lived without fear of war. He will invade the mountains of Israel, which were desolate and deserted so long, but where all the people now live in safety.

Don't plan anything that will hurt your neighbors; they live beside you, trusting you.

Don't argue with others for no reason when they have never done you any harm.