2 Samuel 3:1
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Abner Defects to David
3 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
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1 Kings 14:30
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30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.(A)
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Proverbs 4:18-19
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18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.(A)
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.(B)
Job 8:7
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7 Though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.(A)
2 Samuel 2:17
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17 The battle was very fierce that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten by the servants of David.(A)
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.(A)
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Matthew 10:35-36
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35 For I have come to set a man against his father,
and a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,(A)
36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.(B)
Psalm 84:7
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7 They go from strength to strength;
the God of gods will be seen in Zion.(A)
Job 17:9
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9 Yet the righteous hold to their way,
and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.(A)
1 Kings 15:32
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32 There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.
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1 Kings 15:16
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Alliance with Aram against Israel
16 There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.(A)
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Ephesians 6:12
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12 for our[a] struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present[b] darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.[c](A)
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Daniel 2:44-45
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44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,(A) 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from the mountain not by hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has informed the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain and its interpretation trustworthy.”(B)
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Daniel 2:34-35
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34 As you looked on, a stone was cut out, not by human hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces.(A) 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were all broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.(B)
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Psalm 45:3-5
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3 Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
in your glory and majesty.(A)
4 In your majesty ride on victoriously
for the cause of truth and to defend[a] the right;
let your right hand teach you dread deeds.(B)
5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Footnotes
- 45.4 Cn: Heb and the meekness of
Esther 6:13
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13 When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”(A)
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Genesis 3:15
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15 I will put enmity between you and the woman
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”(A)
Revelation 6:2
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2 I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer.(A)
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