¹⁸ He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

²¹ Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

²² Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

²⁴ A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart.

²⁵ When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

²⁶ His malice may be concealed by deception, But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

⁵ I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

²¹ His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

³ He who doesn't slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

² Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

⁹ Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

¹⁰ But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

²³ It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

²⁴ Absalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant has sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants go with your servant.

²⁵ The king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed him: however he would not go, but blessed him.

²⁶ Then said Absalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him, Why should he go with you?

²⁷ But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

²⁸ Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

²⁹ The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.

⁸ David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of food] from the king.

⁹ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.

¹⁰ When they had told David, saying, Uriah didn't go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Haven't you come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

¹¹ Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.

¹² David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.

¹³ When David had called him, he ate and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but didn't go down to his house.

¹⁴ It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

¹⁵ He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be struck, and die.

²⁷ When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

²⁹ Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

²⁰ They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

²¹ They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.