1 Chronicles 19:3

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1 Chronicles 19:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.

2 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

3 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

5 When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

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But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

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Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

1 Kings 12:8

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:9

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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1 Corinthians 13:7

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

Genesis 42:10

“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

Genesis 42:12

“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

Genesis 42:13

But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:14

Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

Genesis 42:15

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Genesis 42:16

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:17

So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

Genesis 42:18

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Joshua 2:2

And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

Joshua 2:3

So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”

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and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

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When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”