1 Samuel 20:10
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10 Then David asked, “How will I know whether or not your father is angry?”
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Proverbs 18:23
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23 The poor plead for mercy;
the rich answer with insults.
1 Kings 12:13
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13 But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors
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1 Samuel 25:17
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17 You need to know this and figure out what to do, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He’s so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!”
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1 Samuel 25:14
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14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them.
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1 Samuel 25:10
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10 “Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.
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1 Samuel 20:30-34
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30 Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!”[a] he swore at him. “Do you think I don’t know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother? 31 As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you’ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!”
32 “But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father. “What has he done?” 33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
34 Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father’s shameful behavior toward David.
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- 20:30 Hebrew You son of a perverse and rebellious woman.
Genesis 42:30
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30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land.
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Genesis 42:7
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7 Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”
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