And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king. And he had not attended to his feet, nor done his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.

For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out anymore to the king?

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, How do you counsel me to answer these people?

But he rejected the counsel which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who were standing before him.

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, May Jehovah take notice, and require it!

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.

Thus says Jehovah, What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are nowhere to be found.

Surely now you are nothing; you see terror and are afraid.

Or, Deliver me from the hand of the adversary? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

But you should not have looked on the day of your brother, on the day of his destruction; nor should you have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Nor should you have stood at the crossroads to cut off those of him who escaped, nor should you have delivered up his survivors to prison in the day of distress.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man and his friends may be broken up, but there is a love that sticks closer than a brother.

Then Jesus answered and said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

And likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

So he went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

So which of these three do you suppose was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?

And when it was day, some of the Jews made a pact and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

And he summoned two centurions, saying, Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night;

And he wrote a letter in the following manner:

This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or bonds.

Then the soldiers, as they were commanded, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

When they came to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

he said, I will fully hear you when your accusers also have come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.