And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Uriah in front of the [most] severe [part] of the fight, and retreat from behind him, that he may be wounded and die.

And he said, When you do the duties of midwife to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Come here and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord.

And the king said to Doeg, Turn, and fall upon the priests: and Doeg the Syrian turned, and killed the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.

But Peter and the apostles answered, and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk. And he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.

And it came to pass on the next day, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept last night with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and you go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.

So they two sat down together and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to her husband, Now stay the night, and let your heart be merry.

And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man. But his father in law, the father of the young woman said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let your heart rejoice; and you shall rise early tomorrow for your journey, and you shall go to your home.

And they [were] comforting their heart, when behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, surrounded the house, knocking at the door. And they spoke to the old man, the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.

And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunk. And she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking [and] getting drunk in Succhoth, he and the kings, [even] thirty-two kings, his allies.

Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Zethar, Abagtha, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs, servants of King Artaxerxes,

and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil; and bread strengthens man's heart.

Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favorably accepted your works.

Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice; but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

And Belshazzar, drinking, gave orders as he tasted the wine that they should bring the gold and silver vessels, which Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought forth from the temple in Jerusalem; that the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, should drink out of them.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stone.

Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosed, and his knees knocked one another.

For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

And they came to Balaam, and they said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: I beseech you, delay not to come to me.

For I will greatly honor you, and will do for you whatsoever you shall say; come then, curse this people for me.

And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon you on this account.

And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me, what did you see? And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

Behold, I have commanded you; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord your God is with you in all places in which you go.