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- Ruth 2:11
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Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
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- Ruth 3:3
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Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
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- Ruth 3:4
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When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
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- Ruth 3:11
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And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
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- Ruth 3:14
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So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
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- Ruth 3:18
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“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
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- Ruth 4:4
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I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
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- 1 Samuel 1:19
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The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
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- 1 Samuel 2:12
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Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
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- 1 Samuel 3:7
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
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- 1 Samuel 3:13
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I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
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- 1 Samuel 3:20
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So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 4:6
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On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
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- 1 Samuel 6:2
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the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:3
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They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:9
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but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:8
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And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
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- 1 Samuel 10:11
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When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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- 1 Samuel 12:17
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Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:3
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including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
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- 1 Samuel 14:12
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So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:38
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Therefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
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- 1 Samuel 16:3
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Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:16
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Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:18
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One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:28
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Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
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- 1 Samuel 17:46
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This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 17:47
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And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
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- 1 Samuel 17:55
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As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
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- 1 Samuel 18:28
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When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
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- 1 Samuel 20:3
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But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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- 1 Samuel 20:7
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If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
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- 1 Samuel 20:9
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“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
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- 1 Samuel 20:30
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Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
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- 1 Samuel 20:33
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Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
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- 1 Samuel 20:39
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But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
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- 1 Samuel 21:2
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“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
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Source alternate reference: 21.3
- 1 Samuel 22:3
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From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
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- 1 Samuel 22:6
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Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
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- 1 Samuel 22:15
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Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
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- 1 Samuel 22:17
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Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 22:22
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Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
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- 1 Samuel 23:9
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When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:17
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saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:22
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Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
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- 1 Samuel 23:23
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Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
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- 1 Samuel 24:11
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See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
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Source alternate reference: 24.12
- 1 Samuel 24:20
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Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
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Source alternate reference: 24.21
- 1 Samuel 25:11
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Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
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- 1 Samuel 25:17
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Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
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