2 Samuel 18:28
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28 Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “All is well!” He prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king.”(A)
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2 Samuel 14:4
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4 When the woman of Tekoa came[a] to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”(A)
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- 14.4 Heb mss Gk Syr Vg: MT said
Genesis 14:20
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20 and blessed be God Most High,[a]
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”
And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything.(A)
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- 14.20 Heb El Elyon
Revelation 19:1-3
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The Rejoicing in Heaven
19 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,
“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power to our God,(A)
2 for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(B)
3 Once more they said,
“Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”(C)
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- 19.2 Or prostitute
Psalm 144:1-2
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Psalm 144
Prayer for National Deliverance and Security
Of David.
1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle,(A)
2 my rock[a] and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues the peoples[b] under me.(B)
Psalm 124:6
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6 Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth.(A)
Psalm 115:1
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Psalm 115
The Impotence of Idols and the Greatness of God
1 [a]Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.(A)
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- 115.1 Psalms 114–115 are a single psalm in the earliest witnesses
Psalm 31:8
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8 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.(A)
2 Chronicles 20:26
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26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore that place has been called the Valley of Beracah[a] to this day.
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- 20.26 That is, blessing
2 Samuel 22:27
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27 with the pure you show yourself pure,
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(A)
2 Samuel 1:2
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2 On the third day, a man came from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance.(A)
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1 Samuel 26:8
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8 Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand today; now, therefore, let me pin him to the ground with one stroke of the spear; I will not strike him twice.”
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1 Samuel 24:18
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18 Today you have explained how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.(A)
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Genesis 24:27
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27 and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the way to the house of my master’s kin.”(A)
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