Then he said to Sarah, “I have given your brother 1,000 pieces of silver as proof to everyone that you have done nothing wrong.”
A truly good friend will openly correct you.
I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.
The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Maybe he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”
Listening to good advice is worth much more than jewelry made of gold.
To accept correction is wise, to reject it is stupid.
Then Abimelech warned his people that anyone who even touched Isaac or Rebekah would be put to death.
Meanwhile, God had kept Abimelech's wife and slaves from having children. But Abraham prayed, and God let them start having children again.