2 Samuel 15:8

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For your servant made a vow while I was living in Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD.’

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  • 2 Sam 13:37-38 : 37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. David mourned for his son every day. 38 After Absalom fled to Geshur, he stayed there for three years.
  • Gen 28:20-21 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear, 21 'so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.'
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow, saying, 'LORD of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your servant and remember me, and not forget Your servant, but give Your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.'
  • 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD replied, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 14:23 : 23 Then Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 14:32 : 32 Absalom said to Joab, 'Look, I sent word to you, saying, “Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, 'Why did I come back from Geshur? It would have been better for me to remain there.'” Now, let me see the king’s face. If I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.'
  • Ps 56:12 : 12 In God I have trusted; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Eccl 5:4 : 4 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'
  • Jer 9:3-5 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander. 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing. 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 15:7
    85%

    7At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, 'Please allow me to go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I made to the LORD.'

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    76%

    9The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 16:19
    75%

    19Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

  • 2 Sam 15:34
    75%

    34'But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, “Your servant will serve you, O king; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,” then you can thwart Ahithophel’s advice for me.'

  • Ps 132:2
    74%

    2He swore to the LORD, and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

  • 1 Kgs 1:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29The king swore an oath and said, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every trouble,

    30I will carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying: 'Your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:24-26
    3 verses
    72%

    24'You have kept Your word to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You fulfilled with Your hand, as it is today.'

    25'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him: “You shall never fail to have a descendant to sit on the throne of Israel before Me, if only your descendants are careful to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.”'

    26'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    72%

    4And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    72%

    19Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD, because they have driven me out today to prevent me from having a share in the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'

  • 2 Sam 14:32
    72%

    32Absalom said to Joab, 'Look, I sent word to you, saying, “Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, 'Why did I come back from Geshur? It would have been better for me to remain there.'” Now, let me see the king’s face. If I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.'

  • 2 Sam 19:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

    37Your servant will merely cross the Jordan with the king for a short distance. Why should the king reward me with such a benefit?

  • 2 Sam 15:15
    72%

    15The king’s servants replied to him, 'Your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
    72%

    17She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, 'Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.'

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    72%

    8Therefore, deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if I am guilty, kill me yourself; why bring me to your father?

  • 2 Chr 6:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15You have kept Your promise to Your servant David, my father. With Your mouth, You spoke it, and with Your hand, You have fulfilled it as it is today.

    16'Now, LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant David, my father, what You promised him, saying: "You shall never lack a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in their ways, walking in My law as you have walked before Me."

    17'Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word that You spoke to Your servant David be confirmed.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    72%

    23Then Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 15:21
    72%

    21But Ittai answered the king, 'As surely as the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be—whether for death or for life—there your servant will be.'

  • 2 Sam 13:24
    71%

    24Absalom went to the king and said, 'Your servant has shearers. Will the king and his attendants please join me?'

  • 2 Sam 15:28
    71%

    28'Look, I will wait in the wilderness plains until I receive a message from you to tell me what to do.'

  • 2 Sam 19:20
    71%

    20He said to the king, 'May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember the wrong your servant did on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    71%

    15He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying:'

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    71%

    7You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that commanders and servants mean nothing to you. I can see that if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you.

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    71%

    38If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • Ps 132:11
    71%

    11The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn back from it: 'From the fruit of your body I will set one upon your throne.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    71%

    8And behold, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me bitterly on the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD that I would not put him to death by the sword.

  • 1 Chr 17:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

    26And now, LORD, you are God, and you have made this good promise concerning your servant.

  • Ps 116:18
    70%

    18I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

  • 1 Sam 15:30
    70%

    30Saul replied, 'I have sinned, but please honor me now in front of the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.'

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    70%

    27For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    70%

    26'But if He says, “I have no delight in you,” here I am—let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20The LORD has fulfilled His word that He spoke: I have arisen in place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have also built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    21And there I have placed a place for the Ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    70%

    13'If I had acted treacherously against my own life, nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have kept your distance from me.'

  • 2 Sam 14:15
    70%

    15Now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king—perhaps the king will grant the request of his servant.

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    70%

    21The king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    70%

    25And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have spoken.

  • 1 Sam 20:6
    70%

    6If your father notices my absence, then say, 'David earnestly asked my permission to run to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice there for his whole family.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:42-43
    2 verses
    70%

    42the king summoned Shimei and said to him, 'Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, “On the day you leave and go anywhere, you can be certain you will die”? And you said to me, “What you say is good; I will obey.”

    43Why then did you not keep your oath to the LORD and obey the command I gave you?'

  • 1 Sam 24:21
    70%

    21Now I know that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

  • Gen 22:16
    70%

    16and said, 'By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    70%

    23"And now, LORD, let the word you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,