2 Samuel 14:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So 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!’”

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  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 But 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 29:9 : 9 Achish replied to David,“I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said,‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’
  • 2 Sam 14:20 : 20 Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.”
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours.”
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed divine wisdom to make judicial decisions.
  • Job 6:30 : 30 Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?
  • Prov 27:21 : 21 As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    85%

    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!’

  • 2 Sam 14:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10The king said,“Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

    11She replied,“In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied,“As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

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

    13The woman said,“Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished.

  • 2 Sam 14:18-20
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    18Then the king replied to the woman,“Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said,“Let my lord the king speak!”

    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.

    20Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.”

  • 2 Sam 19:27
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    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 25:30-32
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    76%

    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!

  • 1 Sam 25:26-28
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    76%

    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.

    28Please 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!

  • Ruth 2:13
    75%

    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 Chr 17:17-19
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    74%

    17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.

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

    19O LORD, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.

  • 2 Sam 14:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

    8Then the king told the woman,“Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation.”

  • 1 Sam 1:17-18
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    17Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

    18She said,“May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.

  • 2 Kgs 4:13
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    13Elisha said to Gehazi,“Tell her,‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied,“I’m quite secure.”

  • 1 Sam 24:15
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    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • 2 Sam 7:20-21
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    72%

    20What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Sovereign LORD!

    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

  • 1 Chr 17:26-27
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    72%

    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.”

  • 1 Sam 20:7
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    7If he should then say,‘That’s fine,’ then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 1:17
    72%

    17She replied to him,“My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the LORD your God,‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’

  • 2 Sam 19:7
    72%

    7So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”

  • 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.”

  • Gen 24:40
    71%

    40He answered,‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
    71%

    14Ahimelech replied to the king,“Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

  • Judg 6:12
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    12The LORD’s angel appeared and said to him,“The LORD is with you, courageous warrior!”

  • 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,

  • 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.

  • 2 Sam 14:5
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    5The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.

  • 1 Chr 22:11
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    11“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the LORD your God, just as he announced you would.

  • 1 Sam 23:11
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    11Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, please inform your servant!”Then the LORD said,“He will come down.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
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    20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

  • 2 Chr 6:17
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    17Now, O LORD God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
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    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 Kgs 1:37
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    37As the LORD is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!”

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
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    9May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him.

  • 1 Sam 20:13
    70%

    13But if my father intends to do you harm, may the LORD do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the LORD be with you, as he was with my father.