8 U-Abrama wasesithi kuLothi:+ “Ngicela singaxabani, njalo ngicela abelusi bami labelusi bakho bangaxabani ngoba mina lawe siyizihlobo.* 9 Ungazikhethela loba ngaphi lapho ofuna ukuhlala khona elizweni. Ngiyacela, kasehlukane. Nxa ungaya kwesenxele mina ngizakuya kwesokudla; kodwa nxa ungaya kwesokudla mina ngizakuya kwesenxele.”

23 U-Abhigeli wathi ebona uDavida wehla masinyane phezu kukababhemi waguqa phansi phambi kukaDavida, ubuso bakhe buthe mbo emhlabathini. 24 Ngemva kwalokho wasondela kuDavida wawela enyaweni zakhe wasesithi: “Nkosi yami icala kaletheswe mina. Vumela incekukazi yakho ikhulume lawe futhi ulalele amazwi encekukazi yakho.

19 Kumele likwazi lokhu bafowethu abathandekayo: Wonke umuntu kumele aphangise ukulalela, aphuze ukukhuluma,+ aphuze lokuzonda+