Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Agag came to him confidently thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.' (NIV)

The hypocrites ... love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.

And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.' (JPS)