Jacob's sons wanted to get even with Shechem and his father because of what had happened to their sister.
Ask anything, no matter how expensive. I'll do anything, just let me marry Dinah.”
So they tricked them by saying: You're not circumcised! It would be a disgrace for us to let you marry Dinah now.
you are merely useless doctors, who treat me with lies.
Are you telling lies for God
Everyone tells lies, and no one is sincere.
We trap ourselves by telling lies, but we stay out of trouble by living right.
We have rebelled and refused to follow you. Our hearts were deceitful, and so we lied; we planned to abuse others and turn our backs on you.
No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.
They said to the soldiers, “Tell everyone that Jesus' disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, “I am the one to take revenge and pay them back.”
Don't be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.
“This time,” Samson answered, “I have a good reason for really hurting some Philistines.”