2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
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2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
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2 Samuel 16:5
And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.
2 Samuel 16:6
And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.
2 Samuel 16:7
And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
2 Samuel 16:8
The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.
2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.
2 Samuel 16:10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?
2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
2 Samuel 16:13
So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.
2 Samuel 16:14
And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.
1 Kings 2:44
And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.
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1 Samuel 1:11
And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.
Exodus 4:31
And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.
Psalms 25:18
Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.
Genesis 29:32
And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
Exodus 3:7
And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
Luke 1:25
The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
Exodus 2:25
And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.
Deuteronomy 26:7
And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:
Psalms 119:132
Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.
Psalms 119:153
RESH O see my trouble, and be my saviour; for I keep your law in my mind,
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Psalms 109:28
They may give curses but you give blessing; when they come up against me, put them to shame; but let your servant be glad.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
Proverbs 26:2
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
1 Peter 4:19
For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.
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Amos 5:15
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
2 Kings 19:4
It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.
Exodus 32:30
And on the day after, Moses said to the people, Great has been your sin: but I will go up to the Lord, and see if I may get forgiveness for your sin.
1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.
Isaiah 37:4
It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.
Joshua 14:12
So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.
Jonah 3:9
Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
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1 Samuel 3:18
Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
Job 1:21
With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
Psalms 39:9
I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.
2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
Psalms 38:13
But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
Psalms 39:2
I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.
Lamentations 3:39
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
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Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Proverbs 20:22
Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.
Proverbs 25:22
For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.
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2 Kings 20:5
Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.
Psalms 39:12
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
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