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Psalms 39:5
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude
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Isaiah 40:15
No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand.
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Isaiah 40:17
The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth.
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Psalms 118:9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
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Psalms 39:11
When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
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1 Samuel 23 12
Again David asked,“ Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?” And the Lord replied,“ Yes, they will betray you.”
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1 Samuel 18 21-1 Samuel 18 26
“ Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said,“ Today you have a second chance to become my son in law!”Then Saul told his men to say to David,“ The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don’t you accept the king’s offer and become his son in law?”When Saul’s men said these things to David, he replied,“ How can a poor man from a humble family afford the bride price for the daughter of a king?”When Saul’s men reported this back to the king,he told them,“ Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,
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1 Samuel 23 19-1 Samuel 23 20
But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him.“ We know where David is hiding,” they said.“ He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.Come down whenever you’re ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
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2 Samuel 15 31
When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed,“ O Lord, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!”
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Romans 3:4
Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him,“ You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”
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2 Samuel 15 6
Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.
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Psalms 116:11
In my anxiety I cried out to you,“ These people are all liars!”
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1 Samuel 18 5
Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. So Saul made him a commander over the men of war, an appointment that was welcomed by the people and Saul’s officers alike.
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1 Samuel 26 21-1 Samuel 26 25
Then Saul confessed,“ I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”“ Here is your spear, O king,” David replied.“ Let one of your young men come over and get it.The Lord gives his own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the Lord placed you in my power, for you are the Lord’s anointed one.Now may the Lord value my life, even as I have valued yours today. May he rescue me from all my troubles.”And Saul said to David,“ Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed.” Then David went away, and Saul returned home.
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John 19:15
“ Away with him,” they yelled.“ Away with him! Crucify him!”“ What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.“ We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.
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1 Samuel 18 7
This was their song:“ Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands!”
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Matthew 21:9
Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting,“ Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!”
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Psalms 55:13-14
Instead, it is you— my equal, my companion and close friend.What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God.
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Daniel 5:27
Tekel means‘ weighed’— you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.