So Elijah went to Ahab. Ahab saw Elijah and said, “You have found me again. You are always against me.”
Proverbs 29:10 - Easy To Read Version Murderers always hate honest people. Those evil people want to kill good, honest people. {\cf2\super [37]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: But the just seek his soul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The bloodthirsty hate the blameless man, but the upright care for and seek [to save] his life. [Gen. 4:5, 8; I John 3:12.] American Standard Version (1901) The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life. Common English Bible Murderous people hate the innocent, and they seek the lives of the virtuous. Catholic Public Domain Version Bloodthirsty men hate the simple one; but the just seek out his soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Bloodthirsty men hate the upright: but just men seek his soul. |
So Elijah went to Ahab. Ahab saw Elijah and said, “You have found me again. You are always against me.”
King Ahab answered, “There is one other prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him. When he speaks for the Lord, he never says anything good for me. He always says things that I don’t like.”
Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man here. We can ask the Lord through him. But I hate this man, because he never has a good message from the Lord about me. He always has bad messages for me. That man’s name is Micaiah. He is Imlah’s son.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Ahab, you should not say that!”
Save me from those people who\par do bad things.\par Save me from those murderers.\par
If a person wants something and then gets it, he will be very happy. But stupid people only want evil, and they refuse to change.
Good people hate those people who are not honest. And evil people hate people who are honest.
If a wise person tries to settle a problem with a fool, then the fool will argue and say stupid things. And the two people will never agree.
I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par
Those men pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed under guard in the temple yard.
But a man named Ebed Melech heard that those officials had put Jeremiah into the cistern. {\cf2\super [325]} Ebed Melech was a man from Ethiopia, and he was a eunuch {\cf2\super [326]} in the king’s house. King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate. So Ebed Melech left the king’s house and went to talk to the king at that gate.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive these people \{that are killing me\}. They don’t know what they are doing. {\cf2\super [377]} ”
I don’t need a man to tell people about me. But I tell you these things so that you can be saved.
Brothers and sisters, the thing I want most is for all the Jews to be saved. That is my prayer to God.
The Lord said, “Saul has stopped following me. So I am sorry that I made Saul king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.