Now then, my son, listen to me, as I command you.

And you shall bring them in to your father, and he shall eat, that your father may bless you before he dies.

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do evil.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Ahab [had done]; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

and say, Why has your mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? In the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.

And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.

So she, being urged on by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."

And if my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

When evildoers drew near against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and my enemies, they fainted and fell.

The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

Sinners have drawn their swords; they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay the upright in heart.

A stone is heavy and sand cumbersome, but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

Wrath is merciless and anger sharp, but envy can bear nothing.

Now when it was day, some of the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by a curse, saying neither would they eat nor drink until they would kill Paul.

And there were over four hundred who had made this plot;