But the prudent ones answered, saying, No, lest there not be enough for us and you. But rather, go to those who sell and buy for yourselves.
And Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul is not toward this people. Send them from My face; yea, let them go out.
and though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, a statement of the Lord Jehovah, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they by their righteousness would deliver only their souls.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
And five of them were prudent ones and five foolish ones.
And the foolish ones said to the prudent ones, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
Therefore everyone who hears these Words from Me, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
Repent, therefore, from this wickedness of you, and petition God if perhaps you will be forgiven the thought of your heart.