Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”
You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone.
Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.