A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother. But the king of Israel said to him, No, for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And Elisha said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay attention to you, nor look at you.

And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow nor pay homage.

I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I flatter any man.

For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.

The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the miser said to be bountiful.

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity; to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to be lacking.

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

And for the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he desired, and whom he desired he kept alive. And whom he would, he set up; and whom he desired, he put down.

And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his home was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God is Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He desires.

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you. And you, and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, and do not know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand your life, breath, and all your ways is.

And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

TEKEL: You are weighed in the balances and found deficient.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold around his neck. And they made a proclamation concerning him, that he should rule third in the kingdom.

And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about sixty two years old.

And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your providence,

we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.

and you have regard for the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, You stand there, or, Sit here at my footstool,

Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?

but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.

As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in a perfect way shall serve me.

I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your Precepts.

And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, Here are My mother and My brothers.

For whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven, that one is My brother and sister and mother.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.

But the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel. And all the congregation grumbled against the leaders.

This we will do to them: We will let them live, that wrath not be upon us because of the oath which we have sworn to them.

And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back on it.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David besought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he had killed the Gibeonites.

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. The children of Israel had sworn peace to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.