Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

And so it was that, no sooner had he withdrawn his hand, than lo! his brother had come. And she said, Wherefore hast thou made for thyself a breach? So his name was called Perez.

Some time later, both the senior security advisor to the king of Egypt and his head chef offended their master, Egypt's king.

Pharaoh was so angry with his two officers his senior security advisor and his head chef

Then the two of them each had a dream. They both had their dreams the same night, and there were separate interpretations for each dream the senior security advisor and the head chef to the king of Egypt, who had confined them in prison.

So the senior security advisor related his dream to Joseph. "In my dream," he said, "all of a sudden there was a vine in front of me!

Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor.

On the third day, which just happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, he threw a party for all his servants. He lifted the head of both his senior security advisor and of his head chef in front of his servants

that is, he restored his senior security advisor to his former responsibilities, including attending to Pharaoh's personal wine cup,

Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him.

Then Pharaoh's senior security advisor spoke up. "Maybe I should make a confession.

I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him, - as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee all the days,

For thy servant, became surety for the lad, while away from my father saying, - If I bring him not unto thee, then will I count myself a sinner against my father all the days.

So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh's officials went with him -- the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt,

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

( which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroyed before thee, and that thou ask not after their gods saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods, that I may do so likewise?'

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

Absalom had gone to the king to ask him, "I've brought some men to shear the sheep. Won't you please come and join me, along with your senior staff?"

And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

because the four senior gatekeepers (who were descendants of Levi) had been placed in charge of the chambers and the treasury of the Temple of God.

Jehoiada, a senior officer in the house of Aaron, brought with him 3,700.

Later, Rehoboam appointed Abijah, his son from Maacah, as senior family leader among his brothers, since he intended to establish Abijah as king.

At the end of that year, the Aramean army attacked Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed every senior official among the people, and sent all of their possessions to the king of Damascus.

The number of senior leaders of the ancestral houses of his elite forces numbered 2,600.

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah served as supervisors under Conaniah and his brother Shimei, who had been appointed by King Hezekiah. Azariah served as senior officer of God's Temple.

So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were senior leaders, as well as for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.

and divided between them the silver, the gold, the vessels, and the offering for the Temple of our God which the king had offered, along with his advisors, his senior officials, and all of Israel assembled there.

because they and their sons have married foreign women. As a result, the holy people have mingled themselves among the nations of these lands. As a matter of fact, the senior officials and the rulers have been foremost in this sin."

"And now, Lord, I ask you to listen to the prayer of your servant and to the prayers of your servants who delight in revering your Name. I ask you, please prosper your servant today by granting him to receive favor from this man." Now I was the king's senior security advisor.

From that day on, half of my helpers engaged in the work while the other half kept spears, shields, bows, and armor ready. The senior officials backed all of the Judeans

When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.

How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth:

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

O that they, for the wickedness which they have done, were drawn to the hell, sooner than snow melteth at the heat.

Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people."

Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Darest thou draw out Leviathan with an angle, or bind his tongue with a snare?

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

Everyone who sees me mocks me;
they sneer and shake their heads:

The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;

for the Lord will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from a snare.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.