So Saul died for his transgressions; that is, he acted unfaithfully to the LORD by transgressing the message from the LORD (which he did not keep), by consulting a medium for advice,

The faithless one will pay for his behavior, but a good man will be rewarded for his.

Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.

those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

Crooked

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

The pathway of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their courses. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks in them will know peace."

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

With the workers

Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!'"

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

Peace

And may you see your children's children! Peace be on Israel! A Song of Ascents

For the mountains may collapse and the hills may reel, but my gracious love will not depart from you, neither will my covenant of peace totter," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

I'll make a secure covenant with them, one that will last forever. I will establish them, make them increase in population, and will place my sanctuary in their midst forever.

I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.

I'm leaving you at peace. I'm giving you my own peace. I'm not giving it to you as the world gives. So don't let your hearts be troubled, and don't be afraid.

Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God.

To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

General references

whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways,

But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves that they had set free, and they forced them to become male and female slaves.