2 Samuel 2:6
May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.
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2 Samuel 2:6
May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.
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2 Samuel 2:5
And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!
1 Samuel 31:11
And when the people of Jabesh-gilead had news of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Samuel 31:12
All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.
1 Samuel 31:13
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
Judges 21:8
And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
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1 Samuel 11:1
Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.
1 Samuel 11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.
1 Samuel 11:3
Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.
1 Samuel 11:4
So they sent representatives to Saul's town Gibeah, and these gave the news to the people: and all the people gave themselves to weeping.
1 Samuel 11:5
Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.
1 Samuel 11:6
And at their words, the spirit of God came on Saul with power, and he became very angry.
1 Samuel 11:7
And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they came out like one man.
1 Samuel 11:8
And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
1 Samuel 11:9
Then he said to the representatives who had come, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is high, you will be made safe. And the representatives came and gave the news to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
1 Samuel 11:10
So the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.
1 Samuel 11:11
Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direction, so that no two of them were together.
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2 Samuel 15:20
It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.
Psalms 25:10
All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
Psalms 57:3
He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
Proverbs 14:22
Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
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2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;
2 Timothy 1:17
But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me
2 Timothy 1:18
(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
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2 Samuel 3:8
And Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, Am I a dog's head of Judah? I am this day doing all in my power for the cause of your father Saul and for his brothers and his friends, and have not given you up into the hands of David, and now you say I have done wrong with a woman.
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