2 Samuel 17:1
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17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.
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Isaiah 59:7-8
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7 Their feet run to evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.(A)
8 The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their ways.
Their roads they have made crooked;
no one who walks in them knows peace.(B)
Proverbs 4:16
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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(A)
Psalm 109:2-4
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2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
3 They surround me with words of hate
and attack me without cause.(A)
4 In return for my love they accuse me,
even while I make prayer for them.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 109.4 Syr: Heb I prayer
Psalm 4:8
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8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.(A)
Psalm 3:3-5
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3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.(A)
4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah(B)
5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.(C)
Proverbs 1:16
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16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(A)
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