2 Samuel 18:31
And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.
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2 Samuel 18:31
And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.
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2 Samuel 18:19
Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.
2 Samuel 18:21
Then Joab said to the Cushite, Go and give the king word of what you have seen. And the Cushite, making a sign of respect to Joab, went off running.
2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was seated between the two town doors; and the watchman went up to the roof of the doorways, on the wall, and, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running by himself.
2 Samuel 18:25
And the watchman gave news of it to the king. And the king said, If he is coming by himself, then he has news. And the man was travelling quickly, and came near.
2 Samuel 18:26
Then the watchman saw another man running: and crying out in the direction of the door he said, Here is another man running by himself. And the king said, He, like the other, comes with news.
2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.
2 Samuel 18:28
And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!
2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said in answer, When Joab sent me, your servant, I saw a great outcry going on, but I had no knowledge of what it was.
2 Samuel 18:30
And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.
2 Samuel 18:31
And then the Cushite came and said, I have news for my lord the king: today the Lord has done right in your cause against all those who took up arms against you.
2 Samuel 18:32
And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!
2 Samuel 18:33
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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2 Samuel 22:48
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
Psalms 94:1
O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
Luke 18:7
And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
Luke 18:8
I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?
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