1 Samuel 25:10
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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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Judges 9:28
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28 Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, (A)“Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of (B)Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
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Isaiah 32:7
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7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (A)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
Isaiah 32:5
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5 The foolish person will no longer be called [a]generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:5 noble
Ecclesiastes 7:10
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10 Do not say,
“Why were the former days better than these?”
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
Psalm 123:3-4
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 73:7-8
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7 (A)Their [a]eyes bulge with abundance;
They have more than heart could wish.
8 (B)They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression;
They (C)speak [b]loftily.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:7 Tg. face bulges; LXX, Syr., Vg. iniquity bulges
- Psalm 73:8 Proudly
1 Kings 12:16
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16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:
(A)“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!”
So Israel departed to their tents.
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2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 And there happened to be there a [a]rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:
(A)“We have no share in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(B)Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 20:1 Lit. man of Belial
1 Samuel 22:7-8
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7 then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse (A)give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds? 8 All of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that (B)my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is not one of you who is sorry for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.”
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1 Samuel 22:2
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2 (A)And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was [a]discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about (B)four hundred men with him.
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- 1 Samuel 22:2 Lit. bitter of soul
1 Samuel 20:30
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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?
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Exodus 5:2
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2 And Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (B)nor will I let Israel go.”
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