2 Samuel 10:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

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  • Deut 31:6 : 6 Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
  • 1 Sam 4:9 : 9 Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.
  • Judg 10:15 : 15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.
  • Neh 4:14 : 14 And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
  • Josh 1:6-7 : 6 Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers. 7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.
  • 1 Sam 14:12 : 12 And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 17:32 : 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-11 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so? 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
  • 1 Chr 19:13 : 13 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
  • 2 Chr 32:7 : 7 Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Josh 1:18 : 18 Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong.
  • Num 13:20 : 20 And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.

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    12 And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

    13 Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

    14 So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 2 Sam 10:11
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    11 And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
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    13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 2 Chr 32:6-8
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    6 And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

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    8 With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.

  • 1 Sam 14:6-7
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    6 And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

    7 And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.

  • Josh 10:25
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    25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • 1 Sam 4:9
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    9 Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.

  • Ps 31:24
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    24 Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 18:3
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    12 Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

  • 2 Sam 17:10-11
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    10 Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

    11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

  • 2 Chr 13:12
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    12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

  • Ezra 10:4
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    4 Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
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    7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

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    14 Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 25:8
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    13 With God we will do great things; for by him will our haters be crushed underfoot.

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    6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

  • Neh 4:20
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    20 Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

  • 2 Sam 10:9
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    9 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

  • 2 Chr 20:12
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    12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

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    5 And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

  • Jer 48:14
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    14 How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

  • 1 Sam 14:9-10
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    9 If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.

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    32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

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    28 So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

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    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

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    10 For you have taken my silver and my gold, putting in the houses of your gods my beautiful and pleasing things.

  • 1 Chr 19:10
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    10 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

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    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

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    22 But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

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    2 And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;

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    12 And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

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    40 Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.