⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

⁵ Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

³ But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

²⁷ And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

¹⁴ And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

¹⁵ And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

¹⁶ And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

¹⁷ And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: `shall I drink' the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

²⁴ for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

⁴ who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

¹⁶ Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.