2 Samuel 15:26
However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”
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- 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”
- 2 Sam 22:20 : 20 He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.
- 1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 May 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.”
- 2 Chr 9:8 : 8 May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”
- Isa 62:4 : 4 You will no longer be called,“Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“My Delight is in Her,” and your land“Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.
- Num 14:8 : 8 If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey.
- Judg 10:15 : 15 But the Israelites said to the LORD,“We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!”
- Jer 22:28 : 28 This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel that no one wants. Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about?
- Jer 32:41 : 41 I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.’
- Matt 1:10 : 10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
- Job 1:20-21 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground. 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
- Ps 39:9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.
- Isa 42:1 : 1 The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
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