When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.
But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;
In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines.
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
“I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie