Proverbs 25:6
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6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of the great;
Proverbs 27:2
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2 (A)Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So (A)to seek one’s own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 16:19
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19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the [a]spoil with the proud.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:19 plunder
Psalm 131:1
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Simple Trust in the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
131 Lord, my heart is not [a]haughty,
Nor my eyes [b]lofty.
(A)Neither do I [c]concern myself with great matters,
Nor with things too [d]profound for me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 131:1 Proud
- Psalm 131:1 Arrogant
- Psalm 131:1 Lit. walk in
- Psalm 131:1 difficult
Amos 7:12-15
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12 Then Amaziah said to Amos:
“Go, you seer!
Flee to the land of Judah.
There eat bread,
And there prophesy.
13 But (A)never again prophesy at Bethel,
(B)For it is the king’s [a]sanctuary,
And it is the royal [b]residence.”
14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:
“I was no prophet,
Nor was I (C)a son of a prophet,
But I was a (D)sheepbreeder
And a tender of sycamore fruit.
15 Then the Lord took me [c]as I followed the flock,
And the Lord said to me,
‘Go, (E)prophesy to My people Israel.’
Jeremiah 1:6-10
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6 Then said I:
(A)“Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me:
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
For you shall go to all to whom I send you,
And (B)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 (C)Do not be afraid of their faces,
For (D)I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and (E)touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
“Behold, I have (F)put My words in your mouth.
10 (G)See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To (H)root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.”
2 Samuel 7:8-17
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8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel. 9 And (B)I have been with you wherever you have gone, (C)and have [a]cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will (D)plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; (E)nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously, 11 (F)since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord [b]tells you (G)that He will make you a [c]house.
12 (H)“When your days are fulfilled and you (I)rest with your fathers, (J)I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 (K)He shall build a house for My name, and I will (L)establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 (M)I will be his Father, and he shall be (N)My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the [d]blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, (O)as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And (P)your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [e]you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”
17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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- 2 Samuel 7:9 destroyed
- 2 Samuel 7:11 declares to you
- 2 Samuel 7:11 Royal dynasty
- 2 Samuel 7:14 strokes
- 2 Samuel 7:16 LXX Me
1 Samuel 18:18-23
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18 So David said to Saul, (A)“Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?” 19 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to (B)Adriel the (C)Meholathite as a wife.
20 (D)Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may [a]be a snare to him, and that (E)the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, (F)“You shall be my son-in-law today.”
22 And Saul commanded his servants, “Communicate with David secretly, and say, ‘Look, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”
23 So Saul’s servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor and lightly esteemed man?”
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- 1 Samuel 18:21 be bait for
1 Samuel 15:17
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17 So Samuel said, (A)“When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king over Israel?
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1 Samuel 9:20-22
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20 But as for (A)your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found. And [a]on whom (B)is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father’s house?”
21 And Saul answered and said, (C)“Am I not a Benjamite, of the (D)smallest of the tribes of Israel, and (E)my family the least of all the families of the [b]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”
22 Now Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall, and had them sit in the place of honor among those who were invited; there were about thirty persons.
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- 1 Samuel 9:20 for whom
- 1 Samuel 9:21 Lit. tribes
Exodus 3:11
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11 But Moses said to God, (A)“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
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