2 Samuel 23:2-7

2"The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.

3The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

4he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

5"For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?

6But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be taken with the hand;

7but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire."