and said, " LORD, I could never drink this! It would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives!" So he refused to drink it. Those were the brave deeds of the three famous soldiers.

They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.

And yet it was God who made them prosperous--- I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.

Amasa was not on guard against the sword that Joab was holding in his other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the belly, and his insides spilled out on the ground. He died immediately, and Joab did not have to strike again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba.

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

"Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.

But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"