And the king said, "Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more."

Then said she, "I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the avengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son." And he said, "As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth."

And thou shalt take no bribe, for the bribe blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of the righteous.

"One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth. By the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

He that first states his own cause seemeth just, but then his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.

Even as a soul without knowledge is not good, so he that maketh haste with his feet sinneth.

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king; and Joab said, "Today thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant."