“As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wrong comes from the wrongdoer.’ But my hand is not against you.
“So then, by their fruits you shall know them –
“For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.
“See, all who use proverbs shall use this proverb against you, ‘Like mother, like daughter!’
And Sarai said to Aḇ
‘So I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me evil by fighting against me. Let יהוה the Judge, judge today between the children of Yisra’ĕ
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the officers, “Yours, O Dawiḏ