Abner Joins David

There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

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30 (A)And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
    which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.
19 (E)The way of the wicked is like deep (F)darkness;
    they do not know over what they (G)stumble.

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And though your beginning was small,
    (A)your latter days will be very great.

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17 And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

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17 For (A)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (B)to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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35 (A)For I have come (B)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 (C)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

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They go (A)from strength to strength;
    each one (B)appears before God in Zion.

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Yet the righteous holds to his way,
    and he who has (A)clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

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32 (A)And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

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16 (A)And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

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12 For (A)we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against (B)the rulers, against the authorities, against (C)the cosmic powers over (D)this present darkness, against (E)the spiritual forces of evil (F)in the heavenly places.

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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever, 45 just as (E)you saw that (F)a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that (G)it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A (H)great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

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34 As you looked, a stone was cut out (A)by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and (B)broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became (C)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that (D)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became (E)a great mountain (F)and filled the whole earth.

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(A)Gird your (B)sword on your thigh, O (C)mighty one,
    in (D)your splendor and majesty!

In your majesty (E)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you (F)awesome deeds!
Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

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13 And Haman told (A)his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”

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15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a] and (A)her offspring;
(B)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

And I looked, and behold, (A)a white horse! And (B)its rider had a bow, and (C)a crown was given to him, and he came out (D)conquering, and to conquer.

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