He will accept no compensation and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from a skin disease.
When I was a son with my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,
For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.
My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;
She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth,
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of one’s house, it would be utterly scorned.
See, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.
And so people are humbled, and everyone is brought low— [[do not forgive them!
so I make you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways but have shown partiality in your instruction.