So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall—the open places—and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows.
Then the Jewish people who lived near our enemies came and told us ten times, “Everywhere you turn, the enemy will attack us.”
So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am doing a great work, and I can’t come down. I don’t want the work to stop while I leave to meet you.”
It is good to be merciful and generous. Those who are fair in their business
“Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Brothers and sisters, do not think like children. In evil things be like babies, but in your thinking you should be like adults.