2 Samuel 7:9
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9 and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.(A)
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2 Samuel 5:10
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10 And David became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts[a] was with him.(A)
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- 5.10 Q ms Gk: MT the Lord God of hosts
1 Chronicles 17:8
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8 and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies before you, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones of the earth.
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2 Samuel 8:6
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6 Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.(A)
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1 Samuel 18:14
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14 David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him.(A)
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Psalm 113:7-8
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7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Psalm 18:37-42
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37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them
and did not turn back until they were consumed.(A)
38 I struck them down so that they were unable to rise;
they fell under my feet.(B)
39 For you girded me with strength for the battle;
you made my assailants sink under me.(C)
40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
and those who hated me I destroyed.(D)
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(E)
42 I beat them fine, like dust before the wind;
I cast them out like the mire of the streets.(F)
2 Samuel 22:34-38
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34 He made my feet like the feet of deer
and set me secure on the heights.(A)
35 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(B)
36 You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your help[a] has made me great.
37 You have made me stride freely,
and my feet do not slip;(C)
38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them
and did not turn back until they were consumed.
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- 22.36 Q ms: MT your answering
2 Samuel 8:14
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14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.(A)
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Genesis 12:2
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2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.(A)
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Luke 1:52
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
Psalm 89:23
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23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.(A)
2 Samuel 22:30
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30 By you I can outrun a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.
1 Samuel 2:8
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8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(A)
Psalm 87:3-6
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3 Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God. Selah(A)
4 Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
Philistia, too, and Tyre, with Cush—
“This one was born there,” they say.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in it,”
for the Most High himself will establish it.(B)
6 The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah(C)
2 Samuel 22:1
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David’s Song of Thanksgiving
22 David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(A)
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1 Samuel 31:6
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6 So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.
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