As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths; and they haven’t harmed me, for I was found innocent before him. And also before you, Your Majesty, I have not done harm.’
I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to you.
‘The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! , He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the Lord
And he said to Sarah, ‘Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honour to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.’