Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
An opportunist's
scheming lie backfired spectacularly.
1Samuel 31
14 Then said Saul
unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest
these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword,
and fell upon it.
15 And when his
armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died
with him.
16 So Saul died, and
his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
2Samuel 1
6 And the young man
that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul
leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after
him.
7 And when he looked
behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
8 And he said unto
me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9 He said unto me
again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me,
because my life is yet whole in me.
10 So I stood upon
him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was
fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was
on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
The opportunistic
Amalekite thought David would be impressed by his deed (which is just a blatant
lie) and reward him handsomely.
2Samuel 1
13 And David said
unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the
son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14 And David said
unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the
LORD'S anointed?
15 And David called
one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him
that he died.
16 And David said
unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against
thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.
May the same fate
fall upon all such opportunistic beasts, especially the opportunistic, self-serving politicians.
