2 Samuel 3:25

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Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?

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  • Deut 28:6 : 6 A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.
  • Isa 37:28 : 28 But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.
  • John 7:12 : 12 And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.
  • John 7:47 : 47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
  • 1 Sam 29:4-6 : 4 But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men? 5 Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands? 6 Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 10:3 : 3 But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?
  • 2 Kgs 18:32 : 32 Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.
  • Ps 121:8 : 8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.
  • Gen 42:9 : 9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.
  • Gen 42:12 : 12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.
  • Num 27:17 : 17 To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.

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  • 2 Sam 3:26-28
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    26 And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

    27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

    28 And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
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    19 And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.

    20 So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21 And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

    22 Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

    23 When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 1 Sam 26:14-17
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    14 And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?

    15 And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.

    16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

    17 And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
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    5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

  • 2 Sam 14:20
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    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 3:37-38
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    37 So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

    38 And the king said to his servants, Do you not see that a chief and a great man has come to his end today in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 23:9-10
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    9 And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17 Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:

  • 1 Sam 26:4-5
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    4 And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.

    5 And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

  • 1 Sam 23:22-23
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    22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.

    23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
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    12 And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

  • 1 Sam 22:22
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    22 And David said to Abiathar, I was certain that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would take the news to Saul: I am responsible for the lives of all your father's family.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

    31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 1 Kgs 1:18
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    18 And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;

  • 2 Sam 14:1
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    1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
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    32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
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    9 May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,

  • 1 Sam 17:55
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    55 And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6 Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 22:13
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    13 And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

  • 2 Sam 19:5-6
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    5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

    6 For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

  • 2 Sam 3:33-34
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    33 And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?

    34 Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

  • 2 Sam 15:35
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    35 And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • Isa 37:28
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    28 But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

  • 1 Sam 17:28
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    28 And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

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

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9 And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

  • 1 Sam 22:8
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    8 That all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?

  • 2 Sam 15:11
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    11 And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

  • 2 Kgs 19:27
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    27 But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

  • 2 Sam 2:21
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    21 And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

  • 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.