Verse 6
Then Achish called David, and said to him, "As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don't favor you.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 3:25 : 25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do."
- 2 Kgs 19:27 : 27 But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.
- Ps 121:8 : 8 Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. A Song of Ascents. By David.
- 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
- 1 Sam 27:8-9 : 8 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. 9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish. 10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites." 11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying, 'So did David, and so has been his way all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'" 12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."
- 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, "As Yahweh lives, no punishment shall happen to you for this thing."
- 1 Sam 29:3 : 3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to this day?"
- Gen 16:6 : 6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
- Num 27:17 : 17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd."
- Deut 10:20 : 20 You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
- Josh 22:30 : 30 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
- Isa 37:28 : 28 But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
- Isa 65:16 : 16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
- Jer 12:16 : 16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
- Matt 5:16 : 16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.