(A)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

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“Blessed are (A)the peacemakers, for (B)they shall be called (C)sons[a] of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:9 Greek huioi; see Preface

In return for my love they (A)accuse me,
    but I (B)give myself to prayer.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer

14 (A)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (B)holiness (C)without which no one will see the Lord.

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18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (A)live peaceably with all.

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14 For (A)he himself is our peace, (B)who has made us both one and has broken down (C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (D)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (E)new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might (F)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (G)preached peace to you who were (H)far off and peace to those who were (I)near.

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20 My companion[a] (A)stretched out his hand against his friends;
    he violated his covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:20 Hebrew He

20 For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.

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19 I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you (A)swallow up (B)the heritage of the Lord?”

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So Saul arose and went down to (A)the wilderness of Ziph with (B)three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road on the east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness, David sent out spies and learned that Saul had indeed come.

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And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’? 10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. (A)And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.[a] I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, (B)for he is the Lord's anointed.’ 11 See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that (C)there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though (D)you hunt my life to take it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 24:10 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew it [my eye] spared you

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