"You knowAbnerthe sonof Ner,that he cameto deceiveyou and to learnof your goingout and comingin and to findout allthat you are doing."
Yet he saidto them, "No,but you have cometo lookat the undefendedpartsof our land!"
"Sendoneof you that he may getyour brother,while you remain confined,that your wordsmay be tested,whether there is truthin you. But ifnot, by the lifeof Pharaoh,surelyyou are spies."
Josephrememberedthe dreamswhichhe hadabout them, and saidto them, "You are spies;you have cometo lookat the undefendedpartsof our land."
the princesof the Ammonitessaidto Hanuntheir lord,"Do you thinkthat Davidis honoringyour fatherbecausehe has sentconsolersto you? Has Davidnot senthis servantsto you in orderto searchthe city,to spyit out and overthrowit?"
Then Joabcameto the kingand said,"Whathave you done?Behold,Abnercameto you; whythenhave you senthim awayand he is alreadygone?
When Joabcameout from David,he sentmessengersafterAbner,and they broughthim backfrom the wellof Sirah;but Daviddid not know[it].
So when Abnerreturnedto Hebron,Joabtookhim asideinto the middleof the gateto speakwith him privately,and therehe struckhim in the bellyso that he diedon account of the bloodof Asahelhis brother.
untilI comeand takeyou away to a landlike your own land,a landof grainand newwine,a landof breadand vineyards,a landof olivetreesand honey,that you may liveand not die."But do not listento Hezekiahwhenhe misleadsyou, saying,"The LORDwill deliverus."
The LORDwill guardyour goingout and your comingin From thistimeforth and forever.
"But I knowyour sittingdownAnd your goingout and your comingin And your ragingagainstMe.
whowill goout and comein beforethem, and whowill leadthem out and bringthem in, so that the congregationof the LORDwill not be like sheepwhichhavenoshepherd."
There was muchgrumblingamongthe crowdsconcerningHim; somewere saying,"He is a good man";otherswere saying,"No,on the contrary,He leadsthe peopleastray."
The Phariseesthenansweredthem, "You have not alsobeen led astray,have you?
Thereforeyou haveno excuse,everyoneof you who passesjudgment,for in that whichyou judgeanother,you condemnyourself;for you who judgepracticethe same things.
"Blessed[shall] you [be] when you comein, and blessed[shall] you [be] when you goout.
