They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker; he ceases from stirring after kneading the dough until it is leavened.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen; not one among them calls unto Me.

Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, informed him, saying, If you do not deliver your soul tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.

And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a quilt of goats' hair at the head, and covered it with clothes.

And Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, to kill him.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are hidden against the unfortunate ones.

He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and do evil on their beds! In the morning light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.