Lexicon :: Strong's H5234 - nāḵar

Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,

That their adversaries would misjudge,

That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,

And the LORD has not done all this.”’

Who [fn]said of his father and mother,

‘I did not consider them’;

Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,

Nor did he regard his own sons,

For the priests observed Your word,

And kept Your covenant.

So she lay at his feet until the morning, but got up before anyone could recognize another; Boaz said, “[fn]Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor [last night].”

Then Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king!”

As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him and fell face downward [out of respect] and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

“The spirit stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;

A form was before my eyes;

There was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying:

“He will not return again to his house,

Nor will his place know about him anymore.

“Have you not asked those who travel this way,

And do you not recognize their witness?

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;

They do not want to know its ways

Nor stay in its paths.

“For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight];

For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

“Who is not partial to princes,

Nor does He regard the rich above the poor,

For they all are the work of His hands.

“Therefore He knows of their works,

And He overthrows them in the night,

So that they are crushed and destroyed.

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,

And its place knows it no longer.

Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;

For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].

Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;

No one cares about my life.

Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts,

Whether his conduct is pure and right.

These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judgment is not good.

He who hates, disguises it with his lips,

But he stores up deceit in his heart.

To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good,

Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Then their offspring will be known among the nations,

And their descendants among the peoples.

All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge them

That they are the people whom the LORD has blessed.

For [most certainly] You are our Father, even though Abraham [our ancestor] does not know us

And Israel does not acknowledge us.

You, O LORD, are [still] our Father,

Our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name.

Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine];

They are not recognized in the streets;

Their skin clings to their bones;

It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.