2 Samuel 16:3

Ziba Brings Provisions

² The king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household (family) to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for anyone to drink who becomes weary in the wilderness.” ³ Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son [Mephibosheth]?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’” ⁴ Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is [now] yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down [in honor and gratitude]; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord the king.”

House of Israel

My Father

Israel

Jerusalem

Mephibosheth

Ziba

2 Samuel 9:9-10

Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “I have given your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and to all his house (family).

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

Deuteronomy 19:18-19

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness, and he has accused his brother falsely,

2 Samuel 19:24-30

Then Mephibosheth the [grand]son of Saul came down to meet the king, but he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned in peace and safety.

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Psalm 88:18

Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish,
But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.

Micah 7:5

Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.