2 Samuel 14:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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!

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  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 29:9 : 9 And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.
  • 2 Sam 14:20 : 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.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
  • Job 6:30 : 30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
  • Prov 27:21 : 21 The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit. 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

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  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    85%

    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.

    16 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.

  • 2 Sam 14:10-13
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    81%

    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.)

  • 2 Sam 14:18-20
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    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 19:27
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-32
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    76%

    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.

    32 And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

  • 1 Sam 25:26-28
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    76%

    26 So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

    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.

  • Ruth 2:13
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    13 Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-19
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    74%

    17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

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

    19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

  • 2 Sam 14:7-8
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 1:17-18
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    17 Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

    18 And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

  • 2 Kgs 4:13
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    13 And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
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    15 After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

  • 2 Sam 7:20-21
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    20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

    21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

  • 1 Chr 17:26-27
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    26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

    27 And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
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    7 If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23 And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 19:7
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    7 So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

  • 1 Sam 28:22
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    22 So now, give ear to the voice of your servant, and let me give you a little bread; and take some food to give you strength when you go on your way.

  • Gen 24:40
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    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    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?

  • Judg 6:12
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    12 And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

  • 1 Sam 1:26
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    26 And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

  • 2 Sam 14:5
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    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.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11 Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

  • 1 Sam 23:11
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:17
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    17 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
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    19 And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.

  • 1 Kgs 1:37
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    37 As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon and make the seat of his authority greater than that of my lord King David.

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
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    9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    70%

    13 May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.