1 Samuel 26 Cross References - ACV

¹ And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert? ² Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. ³ And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. ⁴ David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul definitely came. ⁵ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. And Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around about him. ⁶ Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. ⁷ So David and Abishai came to the people by night. And, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the people lay round about him. ⁸ Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day. Now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time. ⁹ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? ¹⁰ And David said, As LORD lives, LORD will smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish. ¹¹ LORD forbid that I should put forth my hand against LORD's anointed. But now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go. ¹² So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head, and they got away. And no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from LORD was fallen upon them. ¹³ Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off, a great space being between them. ¹⁴ And David cried out to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answer thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are thou that cries to the king? ¹⁵ And David said to Abner, Are not thou a valiant man? And who is like to thee in Israel? Why then have thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. ¹⁶ This thing is not good that thou have done. As LORD lives, ye are worthy to die because ye have not kept watch over your lord, LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head. ¹⁷ And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. ¹⁸ And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand? ¹⁹ Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be LORD who has stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering, but if it be the sons of men, cursed be they before LORD. For they have driven me out this day that I should not cling to the inheritance of LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. ²⁰ Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when a man hunts a partridge in the mountains. ²¹ Then Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do thee harm because my life was precious in thine eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. ²² And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! Let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. ²³ And LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness, inasmuch as LORD delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against LORD's anointed. ²⁴ And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. ²⁵ Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David. Thou shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

²⁴ Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

¹⁹ Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

³ And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

¹ Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might. ² Hear my prayer, O God. Give ear to the words of my mouth. ³ For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah. ⁴ Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is of those who uphold my soul. ⁵ He will requite the evil to my enemies. Destroy thou them in thy truth. ⁶ With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee. I will give thanks to thy name, O LORD, for it is good. ⁷ For he has delivered me out of all trouble, and my eye has seen it upon my enemies.

² Saul chose for him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash, and on the mount of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

²³ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty. And I will go with you, and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah. ²⁴ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert. ²⁵ And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David. Therefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

² Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

¹⁷ And he said to David, Thou are more righteous than I, for thou have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to thee evil.

¹² Those also who seek after my life lay snares for me. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. ⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah. ⁶ I said to LORD, Thou are my God. Give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD. ⁷ O LORD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked man. Do not further his evil device. They exalt themselves. Selah. ⁹ As for the head of those who encompass me around, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

¹ And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

¹ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay down there.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

¹ Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

⁵⁰ And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. ⁵¹ And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

²⁰ And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

⁵⁵ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

⁸ Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim. ⁹ And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. ¹⁰ Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. ¹¹ And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. ¹² And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

⁷ Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have thou gone in to my father's concubine? ⁸ Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day I show kindness to the house of Saul thy father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, and yet thou charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

³³ And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies? ³⁴ Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the sons of iniquity, so did thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. ³⁵ And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day, but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, till the sun is down. ³⁶ And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people. ³⁷ So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner. ³⁸ And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

³⁹ And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

¹⁵ And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

²⁰ and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

¹⁰ But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp. ¹¹ And thou shall hear what they say, and afterward thy hands shall be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men who were in the camp.

⁶ And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that LORD will work for us, for there is no limitation to LORD to save by many or by few. ⁷ And his armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in thy heart. Turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

¹⁸ And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

⁶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

²¹ Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did ye go so near the wall? Then thou shall say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

²⁴ And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall. And some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

⁹ Why have thou despised the word of LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? Thou have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be thy wife, and have slain him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

⁹ Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. ¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because LORD has said to him, Curse David, who then shall say, Why have thou done so?

⁵ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

¹⁸ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

³⁹ Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. ¹⁶ And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

² For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. ³ For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up?

⁴⁴ And LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers. And there stood not a man of all their enemies before them. LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

⁴ And Judah went up, and LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

¹⁴ And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

⁴ And the men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which LORD said to thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shall do to him as it shall seem good to thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

¹⁸ And thou have declared this day how that thou have dealt well with me, inasmuch as when LORD had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killed me not. ¹⁹ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore LORD reward thee good for that which thou have done to me this day.

²³ And LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness, inasmuch as LORD delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against LORD's anointed.

⁸ and thou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ What do ye devise against LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction shall not rise up the second time.

³² For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all.

²² But scripture confined all things under sin, so that the promise from faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. ²³ But before faith came we were kept in custody under law, having been confined for faith that was going to be revealed.

⁶ And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed. ⁷ So David restrained his men with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

¹⁴ And David said to him, Why were thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy LORD's anointed?

¹⁶ And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head, for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain LORD's anointed.

¹⁵ saying, Touch not my anointed men, and do my prophets no harm.

²⁹ And the time drew near that Israel must die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt,

¹⁴ And LORD said to Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a command. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

³⁵ Vengeance is for me, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

¹⁵ LORD therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

²⁶ Now therefore, my lord, as LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, since LORD has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

³⁸ And it came to pass about ten days after, that LORD smote Nabal, so that he died.

⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

¹ Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

⁵ Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,

¹⁴ If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.

¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

¹³ The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

¹ O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. ² Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.

²³ And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. LORD our God will cut them off.

² a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted,

⁷ And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord.

²⁷ And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,

⁸ Because of this her plagues will come in one day, death, and grief, and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, because strong is the Lord, the God who judged her.

⁶ And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.

¹² LORD judge between me and thee, and LORD avenge me of thee, but my hand shall not be upon thee.

²¹ And LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. And God took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in place of it.

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

⁷ So David and Abishai came to the people by night. And, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the people lay round about him.

¹ On that night the king could not sleep. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

¹⁰ For LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes. The prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

⁷ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried out, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

⁸ David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the ground, thou shall not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now send and fetch him to me, for he shall surely die.

⁹ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?

¹¹ LORD forbid that I should put forth my hand against LORD's anointed. But now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

⁵ And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As LORD lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die.

²⁸ For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet thou set thy servant among those who ate at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?

¹¹ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,

²⁰ to hear the sighing of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death,

³ Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

²⁹ And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

⁹ And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?

¹¹ Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not. Know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou hunt after my life to take it. ¹² LORD judge between me and thee, and LORD avenge me of thee, but my hand shall not be upon thee. ¹³ As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness, but my hand shall not be upon thee. ¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

³ O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands, ⁴ if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me, (yea, I have delivered him without cause who was my adversary), ⁵ let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

⁷ For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.

⁴⁶ Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?

³² Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me?

²³ Jesus answered him, If I spoke wrongly, testify about the wrong, but if correctly, why strike me?

²¹ And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything living, as I have done.

¹⁸ Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant, for thou are even as Pharaoh.

³¹ And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

²⁷ And LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations where LORD shall lead you away. ²⁸ And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

²⁵ For LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. Ye have no portion in LORD. So your sons might make our sons cease from fearing LORD. ²⁶ Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice, ²⁷ but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings, that your sons may not say to our sons in time to come, Ye have no portion in LORD.

¹⁴ Now the Spirit of LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from LORD troubled him. ¹⁵ And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles thee. ¹⁶ Let our lord now command thy servants, who are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp. And it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shall be well. ¹⁷ And Saul said to his servants, Provide for me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me. ¹⁸ Then one of the young men answered, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely man, and LORD is with him. ¹⁹ Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send to me David thy son, who is with the sheep. ²⁰ And Jesse took a donkey with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul. ²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. ²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight. ²³ And it came to pass, when the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand. So Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

¹⁰ And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as he did day by day, and Saul had his spear in his hand.

²⁴ And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

¹⁶ For the king will hear to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

¹¹ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for LORD has bidden him.

¹⁹ I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. Thou seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will thou swallow up the inheritance of LORD?

¹ And again the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

²² And LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shall entice him, and shall also prevail. Go forth, and do so.

¹ And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

¹ As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God. ² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

¹ Blessed are those who are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of LORD. ² Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart. ³ Yea, they do no unrighteousness. They walk in his ways. ⁴ Thou have commanded thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently. ⁵ O that my ways were established to observe thy statutes! ⁶ Then I shall not be put to shame when I have respect for all thy commandments. ⁷ I will give thanks to thee with uprightness of heart when I learn thy righteous judgments. ⁸ I will observe thy statutes. O forsake me not utterly.

⁵ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

¹⁶ There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him: ¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

¹⁰ Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

⁵ Then thou shall see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to thee. The wealth of the nations shall come to thee.

¹⁵ For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

⁸ But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed.

¹² O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith did many evil things to me. May the Lord repay him according to his works,

⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.

¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

²⁹ And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

⁴⁷ And while he was still speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs from the chief priest and elders of the people.

⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Did ye come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

²⁷ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

³⁴ And Balaam said to the agent of LORD, I have sinned, for I knew not that thou stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get back again.

²⁴ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of LORD, and thy words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

³⁰ Then he said, I have sinned. Yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship LORD thy God.

³⁰ Then the rulers of the Philistines went forth, and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.

²⁴ And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

⁴ And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath, and he sought no more again for him.

⁸ (for the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever),

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of LORD is the death of his sanctified.

⁴ saying, I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? See thou to it.

³² then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

¹⁴ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances of it.

⁸ LORD shall judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. ⁹ O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

²⁰ LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me. ²¹ For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. ²² For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me. ²³ I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. ²⁴ Therefore LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. ²⁵ With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect. ²⁶ With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.

¹² Also to thee, O Lord, belongs loving kindness, for thou render to every man according to his work.

¹⁶ the agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

¹ I love thee, O LORD, my strength.

²⁵ With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.

⁴⁸ He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.

¹⁷ They cried, and LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles. ¹⁸ LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

⁷ For he has delivered me out of all trouble, and my eye has seen it upon my enemies.

² my loving kindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

² For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.

⁹ But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

² and that we may be delivered from aberrant and wicked men, for the faith is not of all men.

¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.

⁹ He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him up? He who blesses thee is blessed, And he who curses thee is cursed. ¹⁰ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have altogether blessed them these three times.

¹⁹ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away well? Therefore LORD reward thee good for that which thou have done to me this day.

²² And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home, but David and his men got up to the stronghold.

²⁵ When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says LORD.

⁴ Yea, he had strength over the agent, and prevailed, as he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.