Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?"

"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.