2 Samuel 14:8
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8 Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
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Proverbs 18:13
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13 If one gives answer before hearing,
it is folly and shame.(A)
Isaiah 11:3-4
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3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(A)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(B)
Job 29:16
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16 I was a father to the needy,
and I championed the cause of the stranger.(A)
2 Samuel 16:4
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4 Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba said, “I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”
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2 Samuel 12:5-6
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5 Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man. He said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die;(A) 6 he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”(B)
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