2 Samuel 14:17 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁷ Then the woman said, Let the word of my lord the king be, I pray, for a sacrifice; for since my lord the king is as an angel of God to discern what is good and what is bad, surely the Lord thy God must be with thee.

⁹ And Angchus replied to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not go with us to battle;

²⁰ that this case might wear the appearance of the thing which thy servant Joab wished to have done. But my lord is wise as an angel of God, to know all the things on the earth.

²⁷ But he acted deceitfully with thy servant, before my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in thy sight.

⁹ give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people righteously, and to discern between good and evil; for who can judge this thy people,

²⁸ And when all Israel heard the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king, for they saw that there was in him the wisdom of God to execute judgment.

³⁰ For there are no reproaches on my tongue, and as for my palate, doth it not relish wisdom?

²¹ Fire is the trier of gold and silver: but a man is tried by the mouth of them who praise him. The heart of a transgressor seeketh evils: but a righteous heart seeketh knowledge.

⁵ He who shall provide a net to catch his friend; spreadeth it for his own feet.

¹⁴ Now an animal man receiveth not those dictates of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they are to be spiritually examined; ¹⁵ but the spiritual man examineth all things, and is himself examined by no man.

¹⁴ and this strong food is for full grown men, who by long practice and exercise have their senses improved for the discernment of both good and evil.