And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

When thou art bidden of any {man} to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great {men}: {Put...: Heb. Set not out thy glory}

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.