2 Samuel 8:15

2 Samuel 8:15
David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

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Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,

Romans 13:4
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

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Genesis 15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

1 Samuel 12:12
“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when Yahweh your God was your king.

1 Kings 4:21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Ezra 4:20
There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll was paid to them.

Ezra 5:11
Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

Psalms 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

Ezekiel 16:13
Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.

Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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Exodus 20:12
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

Proverbs 30:17
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Acts 23:5
Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

1 Peter 2:17
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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1 Samuel 8:9
Now therefore, listen to their voice. However, you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”

1 Samuel 15:33
Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.

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1 Samuel 13:13
Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

2 Samuel 15:4
Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”

2 Samuel 23:2
“Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.

1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

2 Kings 15:5
Yahweh struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land.

Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

Psalms 72:13
He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.

Psalms 72:14
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Proverbs 8:16
By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.

Isaiah 11:1
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

Isaiah 49:8
Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

Matthew 11:5
the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

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2 Samuel 2:4
The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 3:12
Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and saying, “Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to bring all Israel around to you.”

2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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1 Samuel 14:47
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.

2 Samuel 8:2
He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

2 Samuel 8:3
David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

2 Samuel 8:4
David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots.

2 Samuel 8:5
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.

2 Samuel 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:7
David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:8
From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took a great quantity of bronze.

2 Samuel 8:9
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 8:10
then Toi sent Joram his son to king David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.

2 Samuel 8:11
King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued—

2 Samuel 8:12
of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

2 Samuel 8:13
David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 18:1
After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

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1 Kings 9:4
As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,

1 Kings 11:6
Solomon did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and didn’t go fully after Yahweh, as David his father did.

1 Kings 15:3
He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

1 Kings 15:5
because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

2 Kings 14:3
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, yet not like David his father. He did according to all that Joash his father had done.

2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which was right in Yahweh his God’s eyes, like David his father.

2 Kings 18:3
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.

2 Chronicles 17:3
Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,

2 Chronicles 34:2
He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.

Psalms 132:1
Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

Acts 13:36
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

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1 Chronicles 15:14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 19:9
He commanded them, saying, “You shall do this in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

Psalms 72:4
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Psalms 82:3
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”

Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Zechariah 7:9
“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

John 7:24
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Hebrews 1:8
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

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1 Samuel 18:14
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

1 Samuel 18:15
When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

2 Chronicles 31:20
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.

2 Chronicles 31:21
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.

Psalms 75:1
We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

Psalms 119:106
I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

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1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:12
May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

Psalms 7:3
Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Psalms 7:4
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

Psalms 7:5
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Psalms 18:20
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.

Psalms 18:21
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalms 18:22
For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

Psalms 18:23
I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

Psalms 18:24
Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Acts 25:11
For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

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2 Kings 23:25
There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.

Psalms 132:2
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

Psalms 132:3
“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Psalms 132:4
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

Psalms 132:5
until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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Isaiah 1:21
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Ezekiel 22:3
You shall say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!

Ezekiel 22:4
You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.

Ezekiel 22:5
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.

Micah 3:2
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3
who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.

Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!

Zephaniah 3:2
She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in Yahweh. She didn’t draw near to her God.

Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.

Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

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1 Kings 2:12
Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.

1 Kings 7:7
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:28
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 29:14
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

Isaiah 16:5
A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.

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Ezekiel 22:6
“ ‘ “Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

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1 Samuel 16:1
Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:10
Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”

1 Samuel 16:12
He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”

1 Chronicles 5:2
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—

Psalms 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Psalms 78:69
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

Matthew 2:6
‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ ”

Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

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Matthew 4:16
the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

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Genesis 18:19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Exodus 18:21
Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Leviticus 19:15
“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 1:16
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

1 Kings 4:2
These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

Job 37:23
We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Psalms 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

Isaiah 56:1
Yahweh says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.

Acts 13:22
When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

1 Corinthians 12:28
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

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1 Samuel 24:13
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.

1 Samuel 24:14
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

1 Samuel 24:15
May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.

2 Samuel 9:1
David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

Acts 21:16
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.

Acts 25:10
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

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Colossians 2:15
Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Revelation 12:10
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

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1 Chronicles 16:39
and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before Yahweh’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,

Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Revelation 19:11
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

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