For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Joab the son of Zeruiah realized that the mind of the king [was] on Absalom.

Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."

He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind!

Indeed, I have kept all His ordinances in mind
and have not disregarded His statutes.