2 Samuel 14:19
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19 “Did Joab put you up to this?”
And the woman replied, “My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.
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2 Samuel 14:3
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3 Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” Then Joab told her what to say.
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1 Samuel 1:26
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26 “Sir, do you remember me?” Hannah asked. “I am the very woman who stood here several years ago praying to the Lord.
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Luke 21:15
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15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!
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Proverbs 4:27
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27 Don’t get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.
2 Kings 2:2
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2 And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has told me to go to Bethel.”
But Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!” So they went down together to Bethel.
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1 Kings 2:5-6
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5 “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace,[a] staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.[b] 6 Do with him what you think best, but don’t let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.[c]
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2 Samuel 11:14-15
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David Arranges for Uriah’s Death
14 So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. 15 The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”
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2 Samuel 11:11
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11 Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[a] and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”
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- 11:11 Or at Succoth.
2 Samuel 3:34
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34 Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not chained.
No, you were murdered—
the victim of a wicked plot.”
All the people wept again for Abner.
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2 Samuel 3:29
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29 Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[a] or who walks on crutches[b] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”
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2 Samuel 3:27
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27 When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.
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1 Samuel 25:26
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26 “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and you yourself live, since the Lord has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
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1 Samuel 20:3
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3 Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!”
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1 Samuel 17:55
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55 As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?”
“I really don’t know,” Abner declared.
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Joshua 1:7
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7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
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Deuteronomy 28:14
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14 You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
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Deuteronomy 5:32
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32 So Moses told the people, “You must be careful to obey all the commands of the Lord your God, following his instructions in every detail.
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Numbers 20:17
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17 Please let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won’t even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s road and never leave it until we have passed through your territory.”
Exodus 4:15
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15 Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.
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