2 Samuel 15:7
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
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2 Samuel 15:7
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
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Genesis 11:20
Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
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Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
Genesis 32:2
When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Numbers 13:22
They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Joshua 14:14
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed Yahweh, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
Joshua 14:15
Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
1 Samuel 30:31
to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
2 Samuel 2:2
So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 2:3
David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
2 Samuel 2:11
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel 2:13
Joab the son of Zeruiah and David’s servants went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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.
1 Chronicles 29:7
and they gave for the service of God’s house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, of silver ten thousand talents, of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.
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Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.
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Leviticus 27:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man consecrates a person to Yahweh in a vow, according to your valuation,
Numbers 21:2
Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”
Deuteronomy 5:11
“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God; for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
Deuteronomy 23:22
But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.
Judges 11:30
Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
Psalms 56:12
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Psalms 56:13
For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Psalms 116:18
I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
Psalms 132:2
how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
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1 Samuel 8:11
He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
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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 16:2
Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.’
1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
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1 Samuel 18:7
The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:8
Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have credited David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
1 Samuel 18:15
When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
1 Samuel 18:16
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.
Proverbs 27:21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
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2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 13:24
Absalom came to the king and said, “See now, your servant has sheep shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”
2 Samuel 13:25
The king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let’s not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.
2 Samuel 13:26
Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”
2 Samuel 13:27
But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
2 Samuel 13:28
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “Mark now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!”
2 Samuel 13:38
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar which is in the king’s valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in memory.” He called the pillar after his own name. It is called Absalom’s monument, to this day.
2 Samuel 18:33
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
2 Samuel 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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2 Samuel 15:13
A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
2 Samuel 15:14
David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
2 Samuel 15:15
The king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.”
2 Samuel 15:16
The king went out, and all his household after him. The king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
2 Samuel 15:17
The king went out, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth Merhak.
2 Samuel 15:18
All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
2 Samuel 15:23
All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.
Psalms 3:1
Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
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2 Samuel 17:8
Hushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, he is now hidden in some pit, or in some other place. It will happen, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom!’
2 Samuel 17:12
So we will come on him in some place where he will be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground, then we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men who are with him.
2 Samuel 17:13
Moreover, if he has gone into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there isn’t one small stone found there.”
2 Samuel 17:28
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,
1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
1 Kings 22:13
The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good.”
Jeremiah 28:2
“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:3
Within two full years I will bring again into this place all the vessels of Yahweh’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:4
I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
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1 Kings 1:30
most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;’ I will most certainly do this today.”
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Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
1 Kings 21:9
She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
1 Kings 21:10
Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”
Psalms 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
Proverbs 7:14
“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:4
Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
Isaiah 66:3
He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
John 18:28
They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
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2 Samuel 16:8
Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
2 Samuel 19:19
He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
Psalms 28:3
Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 31:13
For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
Psalms 55:3
because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
Psalms 62:4
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalms 64:4
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Psalms 86:14
God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
Psalms 140:5
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
Matthew 26:60
and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward
Matthew 26:61
and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”
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Psalms 109:7
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 36:11
Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Psalms 54:3
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Psalms 109:2
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
Psalms 119:51
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
Psalms 119:69
The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
Psalms 119:85
The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.
Psalms 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
Matthew 26:62
The high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”
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Jonah 2:9
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
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Mark 8:31
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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2 Samuel 16:16
When Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
2 Samuel 16:17
Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
2 Samuel 16:18
Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but whomever Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, I will be his, and I will stay with him.
2 Samuel 16:19
Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”
2 Samuel 16:21
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”
2 Samuel 17:1
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2 Samuel 17:7
Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”
2 Samuel 17:10
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
2 Samuel 17:11
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
Acts 12:22
The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.
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