The Israelites accepted some food from them, but did not consult the LORD about it.

If you stay calm, you are wise, but if you have a hot temper, you only show how stupid you are.

It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.

Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble.

If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it.

Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?

Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.

Human anger does not achieve God's righteous purpose.

But then David's conscience began to hurt,

and he said to his men, "May the LORD keep me from doing any harm to my master, whom the LORD chose as king! I must not harm him in the least, because he is the king chosen by the LORD!"

Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."

Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.

So David and his six hundred men started out, and when they arrived at Besor Brook, some of them stayed there.

David continued on his way with four hundred men; the other two hundred men were too tired to cross the brook and so stayed behind.

Then David went back to the two hundred men who had been too weak to go with him and had stayed behind at Besor Brook. They came forward to meet David and his men, and David went up to them and greeted them warmly.

But David answered, "My brothers, you can't do this with what the LORD has given us! He kept us safe and gave us victory over the raiders.