2 Samuel 14:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 14:15
    89%

    15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

  • 2 Sam 14:17-20
    4 verses
    85%

    17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

    18 Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

    19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

    20 This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

  • 2 Sam 14:3-13
    11 verses
    82%

    3 And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

    4 And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.

    5 And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

    6 And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

    8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

    9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!

    10 And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

    11 Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

    12 Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

    13 And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18 And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?

    19 Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

  • 2 Sam 19:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

    28 For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    76%

    15 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

  • 1 Sam 23:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    10 Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

    11 And now, is it true, as they have said to me, that Saul is coming? O Lord, the God of Israel, give ear to your servant, and say if these things are so. And the Lord said, He is coming down.

    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

    31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

  • Ps 86:16
    75%

    16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

  • 1 Sam 25:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

    28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

  • Ps 144:10
    74%

    10 It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.

  • Ps 116:16
    73%

    16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    73%

    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    73%

    4 So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

    21 For as things are, it will come about, when my lord the king is sleeping with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son will be made outlaws.

  • 1 Sam 22:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14 Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?

    15 Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 2 Sam 15:15
    73%

    15 And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.

  • 1 Kgs 1:13
    72%

    13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

  • 1 Sam 24:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
    72%

    17 And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • Josh 2:13
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    13 And that you will keep safe my father and mother and my brothers and sisters and all they have, so that death may not come on us?

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    72%

    9 And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
    72%

    28 And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

  • 2 Sam 16:12
    72%

    12 It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.