2 Samuel 23:2

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The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

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  • Matt 22:43 : 43 He said to them,“How then does David by the Spirit call him‘Lord,’ saying,
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
  • Mark 12:36 : 36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
  • Acts 2:25-31 : 25 For David says about him,‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’ 29 “Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, 31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.
  • Heb 3:7-8 : 7 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

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