1 Samuel 25:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:10 : 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Exod 14:22 : 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry [ground]: and the waters [were] a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

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    21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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    21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

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