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

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  1. Psalm 55:20 Hebrew He

34 I will not violate my (A)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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if I have repaid (A)my friend[a] with evil
    or (B)plundered my enemy without cause,

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  1. Psalm 7:4 Hebrew the one at peace with me

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

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I say:[a] Keep the king's command, because of (A)God's oath to him.[b]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Hebrew lacks say
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:2 Or because of your oath to God

Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
(A)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

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So they (A)reward me evil for good,
    and hatred for my love.

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38 But now you have (A)cast off and rejected;
    you are full of wrath against your (B)anointed.

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28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my (A)covenant will stand firm[a] for him.

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  1. Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful

16 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely (B)in the place where the king dwells (C)who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 (D)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, (E)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.

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12 But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for (A)in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’

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10 But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’” 11 With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem (A)who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. 12 And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for[a] (B)Ahithophel the Gilonite, (C)David's counselor, from his city (D)Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom (E)kept increasing.

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  1. 2 Samuel 15:12 Or sent

32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent word to you, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, “Why have I come from (A)Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still.” Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, (B)and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.’” 33 Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, (A)and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron (B)before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David (A)king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, (B)“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

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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.’

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

17 And the king said to (A)the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord.

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