2 Samuel 23:3-7
2 Samuel 23:3
“The God of Israel said it; The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over mankind righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:4
Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the fresh grass springs out of the earth From sunshine after rain.’
2 Samuel 23:5
“Is my house not indeed so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Properly ordered in all things, and secured; For will He not indeed make All my salvation and all my delight grow?
2 Samuel 23:6
“But the worthless, every one of them, are like scattered thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;
2 Samuel 23:7
Instead, the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in their place.” David’s Mighty Men