1 Samuel 25:16

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They were a wall of protection around us, both night and day, the whole time we were with them tending the sheep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:10 : 10 'Haven't you placed a hedge around him and his household and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands so that his possessions have increased in the land.'
  • Exod 14:22 : 22 The Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 I will make you a fortified bronze wall to these people. They will fight against you but will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you,' declares the LORD.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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  • 1 Sam 25:15
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    15These men were very good to us. They didn’t harm us, nor did we lose anything during all the time we were with them in the fields.

  • 1 Sam 25:7-8
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    74%

    7I have heard that you are shearing your sheep. While your shepherds were with us, we did not harm them, nor was anything of theirs missing during their time in Carmel.

    8Ask your servants, and they will confirm this. Therefore, may my men find favor in your eyes, because we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son, David.’"

  • Num 32:16-17
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    74%

    16Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

    17But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

  • Neh 4:9
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    9When our enemies realized that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated their plans, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work.

  • Gen 26:28-29
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    72%

    28They replied, "We have clearly seen that the LORD has been with you. So we said, 'There should now be an oath between us and you; let us make a covenant with you.'"

    29"You must not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have always treated you well and sent you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the LORD."

  • Josh 2:14-17
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    72%

    14The men said to her, "Our lives for your lives! If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."

    15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.

    16She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way."

    17The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear

  • Gen 29:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7He said, 'Look, the day is still high; it is not time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them out to pasture.'

    8But they said, 'We cannot until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled away from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.'

    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

  • 1 Sam 25:17
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    17Now consider and see what you should do, for disaster is certain for our master and his entire household. He is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.

  • Exod 2:19
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    19They answered, 'An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.'

  • Gen 46:32
    70%

    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 31:38
    70%

    38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten rams from your flocks.

  • Luke 2:8
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    8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

  • Judg 19:19-22
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    19We have straw and feed for our donkeys, as well as bread and wine for me, your servant, for the woman with me, and for the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing."

    20The old man said, "Peace to you! Let me take care of all your needs, but do not spend the night in the square."

    21He brought him into his house and provided fodder for the donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.

    22While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."

  • Gen 42:30-31
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    30They said, 'The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.'

    31'But we said to him, "We are honest men, not spies.

  • Judg 9:32
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    32Now then, during the night you and your men should come and lie in wait in the fields.

  • Num 10:31-32
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    31Moses said, "Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes.

    32If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives to us."

  • Judg 19:14
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    14So they passed on and continued their journey. The sun set as they came near Gibeah, which belongs to the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Num 32:26
    69%

    26Our children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • Job 31:20
    69%

    20and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep—

  • Ps 124:2
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    2if the Lord had not been on our side when people rose up against us,

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    9If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come to you,' we will stay in our place and not go up to them.

  • Gen 34:22-23
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    68%

    22Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are.

    23Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us."

  • Neh 4:11-12
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    11Those who were building the wall and those who carried loads were doing their work with one hand while holding a weapon with the other.

    12Every builder had his sword strapped to his side as he worked, and the one who sounded the trumpet stood beside me.

  • Josh 2:5
    68%

    5At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, and you might catch up with them!"

  • Neh 5:16
    68%

    16Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We did not acquire any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • Gen 37:7
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    7"We were binding sheaves in the field when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine."

  • Gen 29:3
    68%

    3All the flocks would gather there, and the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s opening to water the sheep, and then they would put the stone back over the well’s mouth in its place.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
    68%

    34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Gen 31:40
    68%

    40This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  • 1 Chr 16:20
    68%

    20they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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    11We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'