And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.
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