Moreover Absalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice.”
If only this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out!”
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great;
And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.