1 Samuel 11 Cross References - ACV

¹ Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. ² And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out, and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. ³ And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel, and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee. ⁴ Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. ⁵ And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field, and Saul said, What troubles the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. ⁶ And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was greatly kindled. ⁷ And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come forth behind Saul and behind Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the dread of LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man. ⁸ And he numbered them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. ⁹ And they said to the messengers who came, Thus ye shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad. ¹⁰ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and ye shall do with us all that seems good to you. ¹¹ And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it came to pass, that those who remained were scattered so that not two of them were left together. ¹² And the people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men that we may put them to death. ¹³ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today LORD has wrought deliverance in Israel. ¹⁴ Then Samuel said to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. ¹⁵ And all the people went to Gilgal. And there they made Saul king before LORD in Gilgal, and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

²⁸ And they said, We saw plainly that LORD was with thee. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and thee. And let us make a covenant with thee,

³² Thou shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

³ An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of LORD, even to the tenth generation none belonging to them shall enter into the assembly of LORD forever,

⁷ And the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.

⁸ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, For that reason we turned again to thee now, that thou may go with us, and fight with the sons of Ammon. And thou shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. ⁹ And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head? ¹⁰ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, LORD shall be witness between us. Surely according to thy word so will we do. ¹¹ Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before LORD in Mizpah. ¹² And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, What have thou to do with me, that thou have come to me to fight against my land? ¹³ And the king of the sons of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. ¹⁴ And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁵ And he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon, ¹⁶ but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh, ¹⁷ then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land, but the king of Edom did not hearken. And in like manner he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not. And Israel abode in Kadesh. ¹⁸ Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab. And they encamped on the other side of the Arnon, but they did not come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. ¹⁹ And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon. And Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land to my place. ²⁰ But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. ²¹ And LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. ²² And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan. ²³ So now LORD, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should thou possess them? ²⁴ Will thou not possess that which Chemosh thy god gives thee to possess? So whomever LORD our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. ²⁵ And now are thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? ²⁶ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did ye not recover them within that time? ²⁷ I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou do me wrong to war against me. LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon. ²⁸ However the king of the sons of Ammon did not hearken to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. ²⁹ Then the Spirit of LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the sons of Ammon. ³⁰ And Jephthah vowed a vow to LORD, and said, If thou will indeed deliver the sons of Ammon into my hand, ³¹ then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. ³² So Jephthah passed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and LORD delivered them into his hand. ³³ And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

⁸ And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to LORD to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

¹⁰ And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. ¹¹ And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man. ¹² And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. ¹³ And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. ¹⁴ And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead. And even so they were not sufficient for them. ¹⁵ And the people regretted for Benjamin, because LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. ¹⁶ Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? ¹⁷ And they said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. ¹⁸ However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. ¹⁹ And they said, Behold, there is a feast of LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. ²⁰ And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, ²¹ and watch. And, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch for you every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. ²² And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them to them, else ye would now be guilty. ²³ And the sons of Benjamin did so, and took for them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. ²⁴ And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. ²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

¹² And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, when LORD your God was your king.

¹¹ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, that which the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹² all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. ¹³ And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

³⁴ And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore, and thou shall make streets for thee in Damascus as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou should take him for a servant forever?

¹⁶ Hearken not to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink ye everyone the waters of his own cistern,

¹³ And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,

¹⁴ and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a reproach to us.

⁶ Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

¹⁴ Moreover thou have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will thou put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

²¹ And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.

²⁶ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

³¹ Do not hearken to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me. And eat ye every man of his vine, and every man of his fig tree, and drink ye every man the waters of his own cistern,

¹⁰ A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

⁷ Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.

⁴ And it came to pass, when the agent of LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

² And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly.

²⁶ And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah, and mighty men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

² And Saul abode in the outermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men,

³⁴ Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

⁴ Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁶ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of LORD. And the king said, I will give them.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,

²⁶ And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.

² Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.

³ Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.

¹⁷ And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

²³ And they cried out to the sons of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What troubles thee that thou come with such a company?

¹ Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

¹⁹ So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle upon him.

⁷¹ He brought him from following the ewes that have their young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

¹ The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles thee now, that thou have wholly gone up to the housetops?

¹⁹ And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

³ Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.

¹⁰ And the Spirit of LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to war, and LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.

³⁴ But the Spirit of LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abiezer was gathered together after him.

²⁹ Then the Spirit of LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the sons of Ammon.

²⁵ And the Spirit of LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

⁶ And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore him apart as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

¹⁰ And when they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him. And the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them.

¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

⁵ And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.

²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

⁵ And they journeyed, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

²⁹ And when he came into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

¹ Then all the sons of Israel went out. And the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to LORD at Mizpah.

⁵ And the sons of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that did not come up in the assembly to LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him who did not come up to LORD to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. ⁶ And the sons of Israel regretted for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. ⁷ What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? ⁸ And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to LORD to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. ⁹ For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. ¹⁰ And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. ¹¹ And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.

¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar. For the fear of LORD came upon them. And they despoiled all the cities. For there was much spoil in them.

¹⁰ And the fear of LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

⁴ And Judah went up, and LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. ⁵ And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

² And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew a sword.

¹⁵ And Samuel arose, and got up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

⁴ And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

⁹ And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

¹² And Jehoshaphat grew exceedingly great. And he built in Judah castles and cities of storage. ¹³ And he had many works in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; ¹⁵ and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war. ¹⁹ These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

¹⁷ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

² And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out, and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. ³ And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel, and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee.

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place LORD-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of LORD it shall be provided.

²⁴ And it came to pass in the morning watch, that LORD looked forth upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.

⁷ And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹⁶ But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles. And all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.

¹⁶ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put trumpets into the hands of all of them, and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers.

⁴³ And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field. And he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city. And he rose up against them, and smote them.

² And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out, and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.

¹⁷ And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. And there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men who rode upon camels and fled. ¹⁸ And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

¹ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

² For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

¹³ For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

²⁷ But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

⁸ Thy hand will find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand will find out those who hate thee.

²⁷ Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.

¹³ And Moses said to the people, Fear ye not. Stand still, and see the salvation of LORD, which he will work for you today, for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever.

³⁰ Thus LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

⁴⁵ And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it. As LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he did not die.

⁵ For he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel. Thou saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will thou sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

²² And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?

⁴ Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob. ⁵ Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us. ⁶ For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. ⁷ But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us. ⁸ In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. Selah.

¹⁶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him. And his righteousness, it upheld him.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

³ And when those of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

¹⁶ And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all those places.

⁸ And thou shall go down before me to Gilgal. And, behold, I will come down to thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Thou shall tarry seven days till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shall do.

²⁴ And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Live, O king! ²⁵ Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

³⁸ All these being men of war, who could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. ³⁹ And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

⁵ And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to LORD.

¹⁹ But the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, but we will have a king over us

¹⁷ And Samuel called the people together to LORD to Mizpah.

¹³ Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for. And, behold, LORD has set a king over you. ¹⁴ If ye will fear LORD, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of LORD, then both ye and also the king who reigns over you shall be followers of LORD your God. ¹⁵ But if ye will not hearken to the voice of LORD, but rebel against the commandment of LORD, then the hand of LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to LORD that he may send thunder and rain, and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of LORD in asking a king for you.

²¹ And they sacrificed sacrifices to LORD, and offered burnt offerings to LORD on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel, ²² and ate and drank before LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. ²³ Then Solomon sat on the throne of LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ And all the rulers, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.

¹⁰ Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities, and thy judges, of whom thou said, Give me a king and rulers? ¹¹ I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

¹⁶ But now ye boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.