And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you down here? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the insolence of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle.

And David said, What have I now done? Is it not a word?

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray him,

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein.

But he said, you are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

Is it time for you, yourselves, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie in ruins?

You offer polluted bread upon my altar; and you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: This has been by your gift: will he regard your persons? says the LORD of hosts.