And he said, "You shall take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand {as proof on my behalf} that I dug this well."

Warfare was severe against [the] Philistines all the days of Saul. Whenever Saul saw {anyone who was a mighty warrior} or {any brave man}, he {conscripted him into his service}.

One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite [who is] skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a {brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome}. And Yahweh [is] with him."

Then Saul said to David, "Here [is] my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as [your] wife. Only be {a brave warrior} for me and fight the battles of Yahweh." For Saul thought, "My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of [the] Philistines be against him."

Now these were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their fathers' household and their descent, if they were from Israel:

But now for a brief moment mercy has been shown by Yahweh our God, who left behind for us a remnant, and given us security in his holy place--for our God to brighten our eyes and to give us brief relief in our bondage.

These were the ones who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they were not able to prove their ancestral houses or their descent, whether they were from Israel:

"And if [it is] not [so], then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"

Prove me, O Yahweh, and test me. Try my {innermost being} and my {mind}.

For he does not remember the [brief] days of his life, for God keeps his heart preoccupied with enjoyment [of life].

[Like] a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay [is] one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will [prove to] be a fool."

My Father is glorified by this: that you bear much fruit, and prove to be my disciples.

because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man who he has appointed, having provided proof to everyone [by] raising him from the dead."

Nor can they prove [the things] to you concerning which they are now accusing me.

And [when] he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges that they were not able to prove,

And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill,

Therefore show to them the proof of your love and our boasting about you {openly before} the churches.

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you would not prove to be empty in this case, so that you may be prepared just as I was saying,

since you are demanding proof that Christ, who [is] not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me.

According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering,

Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.