1
Gid'on's victory over a vastly larger army is used to warn kings against trusting numbers and idols.
2
The Creator who gave life requires truthful judgment and rejection of sorcery, omens, and idolatry.
3
Corrupt rulers are denounced for greed, drunkenness, violent taxation, bribery, and neglect of the poor.
4
Royal authority is legitimate only when it protects the refugee, widow, orphan, and the one robbed by the powerful.