Treasury of Scripture
wrote a letter It was resolved in David's breast that Uriah must die--that innocent, valiant, and gallant man, who was ready to sacrifice his life for the honour of his prince; and, worse than all, by being himself made the bearer of letters to Joab which prescribed the mode by which he was to be murdered. This was the greatest treachery and villany on the part of David; while Joab appears to enter as fully upon the execution of the murder, being perhaps pleased to have this opportunity of further enthralling his king, and thus increasing his own power.
1 Kings 21:8-10 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal...
Psalm 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright...
Psalm 52:2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance...
Jeremiah 9:1-4 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears...
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Micah 7:3-5 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man...