10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly?”

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10 David asked, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

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23 The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers (A)roughly.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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13 Then the king answered the people [a]roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

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  1. 1 Kings 12:13 harshly

13 The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

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17 Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for (A)harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a (B)scoundrel[a] that one cannot speak to him.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit. son of Belial

17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked(A) man that no one can talk to him.”

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14 Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he [a]reviled them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:14 scolded or scorned at

14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(A) but he hurled insults at them.

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10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (A)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.

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10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(A) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.

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30 Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he [a]shall surely die.”

32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, (A)“Why should he be killed? What has he done?” 33 Then Saul (B)cast a spear at him to [b]kill him, (C)by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.

34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:31 Lit. is a son of death
  2. 1 Samuel 20:33 strike him down

30 Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you? 31 As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom(A) will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!”

32 “Why(B) should he be put to death? What(C) has he done?” Jonathan asked his father. 33 But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended(D) to kill David.

34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father’s shameful treatment of David.

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30 “The man who is lord of the land (A)spoke [a]roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

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  1. Genesis 42:30 harshly

30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us(A) and treated us as though we were spying on the land.(B)

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Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as (A)a stranger to them and spoke [a]roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?”

And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

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  1. Genesis 42:7 harshly

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.(A) “Where do you come from?”(B) he asked.

“From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”

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