Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”
Would that this people were under my hand! then I would remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, ‘Increase your army, and come out.’ ”
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great;
And whenever a man came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand, and take hold of him, and kiss him.