2 Samuel 14:17
And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious— well: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.
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1 Samuel 29:9And Achish answered David, I know that thou art good in my eyes, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not come with us to the war.
2 Samuel 19:27And Mephibosheth said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant is lame.
1 Kings 3:9Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?
Job 6:30For there is no injustice in my tongue; 1 And does not my throat meditate understanding?
Proverbs 29:5He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, 1 Entangles his own feet in it. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:2-21
Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. ( b. c. 1029.) 1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman… Read the whole commentary →