Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”

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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.

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His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
But (A)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (B)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

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16 I was a father to the poor,
And (A)I searched out the case that I did not know.

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So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”

And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

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So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this [a]shall surely die! And he shall restore (A)fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:5 deserves to die, lit. is a son of death

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