would to God.

2 Samuel 15:4
And he would add, "If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice."

1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, "Tell him: 'The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.'"

Psalm 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Romans 1:30, 31
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. . . .

And he said.

2 Samuel 2:14-17
Then Abner said to Joab, "Let us have the young men get up and compete before us." "Let them get up, " Joab replied. . . .

2 Kings 14:8
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. "Come, let us meet face to face, " he said.

2 Kings 18:23
Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses--if you can put riders on them!

Isaiah 36:8, 9
Now therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses--if you can put riders on them! . . .