And God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

So are the ways of everyone who gets unjust gain; it takes away the soul of its master.

those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

whose paths are crooked, who are devious in their tracks;

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and who have written and continue to write toil;

They have deeply corrupted, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.

destruction and misery are in their ways;

O Jehovah, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

The way of life is upward to the wise, so that he may turn away from Sheol below.

Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

Jehovah, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy toward the people. Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol; when the overflowing scourge shall have gone and passed through, it shall not come upon us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.

Therefore He has poured upon him the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle. And it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not lay it to heart.

Who is wise and discerns these things? Who is discerning and knows them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the righteous shall walk in them; but transgressors shall stumble in them.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety for which he pants.

And they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and rejoiced. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Then Zebul said to him, Where indeed is your mouth now, with which you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Are not these the people whom you have despised? Go out now and fight with them.

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you, thinking, David cannot come in here.

And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.

And behold, a certain prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I am delivering it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.