1 Samuel 25:28

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Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the LORD will certainly establish a lasting dynasty for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. May no evil be found in you all your days!

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  • 1 Sam 18:17 : 17 Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
  • 2 Sam 7:11 : 11 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
  • 1 Chr 17:10 : 10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.“‘“I declare to you that the LORD will build a dynastic house for you!
  • 1 Chr 17:25 : 25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.
  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.’”
  • 2 Sam 7:27 : 27 for you, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, have told your servant,‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you.
  • 1 Kgs 9:5 : 5 Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David,‘You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Chr 20:15 : 15 He said:“Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says to you:‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
  • Ps 89:29 : 29 I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above.
  • Ps 119:1-3 : 1 א(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the LORD. 2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, 3 who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
  • Luke 23:47 : 47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said,“Certainly this man was innocent!”
  • Eph 6:10-11 : 10 Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!
  • 1 Sam 25:24 : 24 Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!
  • 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The LORD said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”
  • 1 Sam 24:6-7 : 6 He said to his men,“May the LORD keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the LORD’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the LORD’s chosen one.” 7 David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.
  • 1 Sam 15:28 : 28 Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
  • 1 Sam 17:47 : 47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 25:24-27
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    80%

    24Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!

    25My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.

    26“Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as surely as you live, it is the LORD who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

    27Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.

  • 1 Sam 25:29-34
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    80%

    29When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

    30The LORD will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.

    31Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”

    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

    33Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

    34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives– he who has prevented me from harming you– if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

  • 2 Sam 14:15-17
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    76%

    15I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said,‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

    17So your servant said,‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the LORD your God be with you!’”

  • 1 Sam 26:18-19
    2 verses
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    18He went on to say,“Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done?

    19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    74%

    8You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the LORD’s name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

  • 1 Sam 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18You have explained today how you have treated me well. The LORD delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

    19Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the LORD repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

  • 1 Chr 17:25-27
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    73%

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

    26Now, O LORD, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant.

    27Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O LORD, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.”

  • 2 Kgs 5:18
    73%

    18May the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.”

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    73%

    12Then the woman said,“Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied,“Tell me.”

  • 2 Sam 7:29
    73%

    29Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!”

  • 1 Sam 24:10-12
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    73%

    10Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’

    11Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.

    12May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • 2 Sam 19:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

    20For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

  • 1 Sam 20:15
    72%

    15Don’t ever cut off your loyalty to my family, not even when the LORD has cut off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    72%

    8But David said to Achish,“What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    72%

    27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    72%

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • 1 Sam 25:41
    71%

    41She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said,“Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

  • Ruth 2:13
    71%

    13She said,“You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I will never be like one of your servants!”

  • 1 Sam 28:22
    71%

    22Now it’s your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way.”

  • 1 Sam 29:6
    71%

    6So Achish summoned David and said to him,“As surely as the LORD lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    71%

    23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

  • 1 Sam 1:16-17
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    16Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman. It’s just that, to this point, I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”

    17Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

  • 2 Sam 7:25
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    25So now, O LORD God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

  • Josh 2:12
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    12So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the LORD’s name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge

  • 2 Sam 14:19
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    19The king said,“Did Joab put you up to all of this?” The woman answered,“As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

  • 1 Sam 15:25
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    25Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the LORD.”

  • 2 Sam 14:9
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    9The Tekoan woman said to the king,“My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!”

  • 1 Sam 1:26
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    26She said,“My lord. Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
    71%

    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
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    21So now swear to me in the LORD’s name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    70%

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

  • Gen 18:3
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    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.