ye.ho.vah H3068

יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) means “LORD” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יְהֹוָה Hebrew · H3068 6,522 tagged occurrences in 5,524 verses

Pronunciation guide: yeh-ho-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3068G

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · LORD

Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (אֲדֹנָי "Lord" H0136)

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TBESH · H3068H

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · The Lord

Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

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TBESH · H3068I

יְהֹוָה · ye.ho.vah · (Jerusalem of) the Lord

Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

KJV glosses: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

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How translators render H3068

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the lord	2870
of the lord	1384
to the lord	451
o lord	343
and the lord	181
then the lord	171
am the lord	156
the lords	72
for the lord	58
may the lord	58
but the lord	54
so the lord	51
in the lord	46
as surely as the lord	39
he	38
by the lord	36
from the lord	36
against the lord	33
when the lord	24
is the lord	23
of the lords	20
before the lord	15
that the lord	14
him	13
now the lord	12
has the lord	11
god	9
because the lord	8
is the lords	8
belongs to the lord	7
his	7
lord	7
and he	6
again the lord	5
be the lord	5
is from the lord	5
therefore the lord	5
and may the lord	4
as the lord	4
does the lord	4
if the lord	4
so he	4
the lord is	4
with the lord	4
yet the lord	4
against the lords	3
and	3
and when the lord	3
are the lord	3
are the lords	3
belong to the lord	3
even though the lord	3
from the lords	3
in his	3
since the lord	3
the lord himself	3
the lord to anger	3
what the lord	3
you o lord	3
and since the lord	2
are from the lord	2
because of the lords	2
but in the lords	2
but it is the lord	2
by his	2
can the lord	2
did the lord	2
even if the lord	2
in him	2
it is the lord	2
like the lord	2
of his	2
of the lord go	2
on the lord	2
the lord also	2
the lord however	2
then may the lord	2
thus the lord	2
to the lords	2
with the lords	2
about the lord	1
after all the lord	1
against him	1
against his	1
although the lord	1
and did not the lord	1
and his	1
and how he	1
and how the lord	1
and now the lord	1
and that the lord	1
and the lord will cause	1
and the lords	1
and when he	1
any of the lords	1
are upon the lord	1
as one the lord	1
at the lords	1
at this time the lord	1
be the lords	1
belonging to the lord	1
bless the lord	1
but by the lord	1
but he	1
by the lords	1
due the lord	1
even when the lord	1
for he	1
for me	1
how then can the lord	1
i the lord	1
in the lords	1
indeed the lord	1
is for the lord	1
is in the lord	1
is like the lord	1
is of the lord	1
it for the lord	1
it to the lord	1
it was the lord	1
let the lord	1
meanwhile the lord	1
moreover the lord	1
nevertheless the lord	1
o lord are god	1
of him	1
of obligation to the lord	1
of the lord is	1
of the lord itself	1
of the lord of hosts	1
of the lords temple	1
offense has the lord	1
on behalf of the lord	1
our lord	1
pray that the lord	1
rather the lord	1
so that he	1
so that his	1
that he	1
that he himself	1
that is why the lord	1
that it is the lord	1
that it was the lord	1
the foundation of the lords	1
the lord in hebron	1
the lord loved him	1
the lord with contempt	1
the offerings for the lords	1
then as the lord	1
then he	1
there	1
things the lord	1
this is the lords	1
to serve the lord	1
to the lord begins	1
to the lord for destruction	1
to the lord freely	1
unless the lord	1
until the lord	1
upon the lord	1
upon them o lord	1
was the lord	1
were treating the lords	1
where the lord	1
who	1
whom the lord	1
would the lord	1
yet it was the lords	1
yet may the lord	1
you before the lord	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the lord	1928
of the lord	1559
and the lord	507
unto the lord	454
o lord	191
which the lord	174
for the lord	157
that the lord	95
as the lord	88
to the lord	70
against the lord	61
in the lord	54
from the lord	52
lord	49
but the lord	41
the lords	39
of the lords	30
because the lord	27
me o lord	23
whom the lord	19
i the lord	18
when the lord	18
therefore the lord	17
all that the lord	13
that i the lord	13
upon the lord	13
according to all that the lord	12
not the lord	12
so the lord	12
then the lord	12
with the lord	12
ye the lord	12
by the lord	11
moreover the lord	10
thee o lord	10
for i the lord	8
on the lord	8
what the lord	8
and when the lord	7
in the lords	7
now the lord	7
unto him the lord	7
unto thee o lord	7
but thou o lord	6
how that the lord	6
wherefore the lord	6
also the lord	5
behold the lord	5
hath the lord	5
if the lord	5
whither the lord	5
yea the lord	5
and it shall be when the lord	4
before the lord	4
but now the lord	4
for behold the lord	4
for thou lord	4
it the lord	4
jehovah	4
let the lord	4
not unto them as the lord	4
of which the lord	4
them o lord	4
thou o lord	4
thus the lord	4
until the lord	4
unto them the lord	4
whereof the lord	4
wherewith the lord	4
will the lord	4
according as the lord	3
according unto all that the lord	3
against the lords	3
and behold the lord	3
and now the lord	3
and the lords	3
be the lord	3
did not the lord	3
even the lord	3
for thus hath the lord	3
from me o lord	3
god	3
howbeit the lord	3
in thee o lord	3
it may be that the lord	3
it unto the lord	3
not against the lord	3
now o lord	3
now therefore o lord	3
of which the lords	3
seeing the lord	3
shall the lord	3
them for the lord	3
therefore hath the lord	3
to provoke the lord	3
toward the lord	3
unto them as the lord	3
unto whom the lord	3
upon me o lord	3
wherefore hath the lord	3
ye of the lord	3
yet the lord	3
and it shall come to pass when the lord	2
and now o lord	2
and thou lord	2
because of the lord	2
between the lord	2
but for the lord	2
but o lord	2
did the lord	2
for that the lord	2
for thou o lord	2
for us unto the lord	2
furthermore the lord	2
here i pray thee for the lord	2
him and the lord	2
how long lord	2
i that the lord	2
it as the lord	2
me and the lord	2
me for the lord	2
neither hath the lord	2
nevertheless the lord	2
not because the lord	2
not of the lord	2
now therefore behold the lord	2
of you for the lord	2
only the lord	2
sake o lord	2
so as the lord	2
so shall the lord	2
so that the lord	2
that the lords	2
that they should be the lords	2
that thou lord	2
that which the lord	2
thee as the lord	2
them for i the lord	2
them the lord	2
them unto the lord	2
themselves before the lord	2
then shall the lord	2
then will the lord	2
there unto the lord	2
therefore now lord	2
therefore that the lord	2
thereon unto the lord	2
thou lord	2
thou of the lord	2
thou that the lord	2
thou the lord	2
unto them by the lord	2
us o lord	2
what hath the lord	2
wherein the lord	2
why hath the lord	2
after that the lord	1
against me before the lord	1
against me the lord	1
against thee unto the lord	1
against them and the lord	1
against us if so be that the lord	1
against whom the lord	1
all this the lord	1
also by us and the lord	1
also in the lord	1
also unto me o lord	1
among you for the lord	1
and according unto all that the lord	1
and as the lord	1
and god	1
and he was there with the lord	1
and i the lord	1
and if the lord	1
and it came to pass when the lord	1
and it shall be to the lord	1
and let the lord	1
and now behold the lord	1
and now i beseech thee o lord	1
and now lord	1
and so the lord	1
and that the lord	1
and there they be as the lord	1
and therefore will the lord	1
and unto the lord	1
and what doth the lord	1
and what hath the lord	1
and wherefore hath the lord	1
as the lords	1
at the lord	1
at the lords	1
away from the lord	1
be given thee of the lord	1
because by him the lord	1
because of the lords	1
because that the lord	1
because the lords	1
because thou lord	1
behold now the lord	1
between me and thee and the lord	1
between us that the lord	1
both with the lord	1
but as for thee the lord	1
but as for us the lord	1
but because the lord	1
but if the lord	1
but lo the lord	1
but now o lord	1
but thou lord	1
but unto the lord	1
by him for the lord	1
concerning whom the lord	1
counsel of the lord	1
doth the lord	1
even as the lord	1
every one of them and the lord	1
except as the lord	1
except the lord	1
for himself the lord	1
for in thee o lord	1
for it was his from the lord	1
for it was of the lord	1
for me the lord	1
for the lords	1
for the which the lord	1
for them as the lord	1
for them hath the lord	1
for them the lord	1
for there the lord	1
for thus shall the lord	1
for us the lord	1
for which the lord	1
for whom the lord	1
for with the lord	1
for you unto the lord	1
forasmuch as the lord	1
from thee which the lord	1
from them and the lord	1
from thence will the lord	1
hath not the lord	1
have not i the lord	1
he of the lord	1
her the lord	1
him of the lord	1
him only the lord	1
him the lord	1
him to the lord	1
him unto the lord	1
himself before the lord	1
himself but when the lord	1
himself in the lord	1
himself to the lord	1
himself unto the lord	1
hitherto hath the lord	1
how the lord	1
i o lord	1
i pray thee here for the lord	1
i pray thee o lord	1
i pray thee of the lord	1
i say on the lord	1
in by it because the lord	1
in provoking the lord	1
in thee for thou lord	1
in which the lord	1
is me now for the lord	1
is not the lord	1
is the lords	1
it and the lord	1
it came to pass that the lord	1
it except the lord	1
it for the lord	1
it i the lord	1
it may be the lord	1
it that the lord	1
it upon us for the lord	1
it whereas the lord	1
itself for the lord	1
lest the lord	1
let them be before the lord	1
like as the lord	1
like unto the lord	1
like unto thee o lord	1
likewise when the lord	1
lo o lord	1
lords	1
may be in the lord	1
me not o lord	1
me the lord	1
me then the lord	1
me unto the lord	1
nay but whom the lord	1
no more for i the lord	1
no not when the lord	1
none like unto the lord	1
none like unto thee o lord	1
nor unto whatsoever the lord	1
not against us but against the lord	1
not how thou provokedst the lord	1
not i the lord	1
not in the lord	1
not o lord	1
not right against the lord	1
not seeing the lord	1
not that the lord	1
not that which the lord	1
not the lords	1
not thou he o lord	1
not to the lord	1
not unto us o lord	1
not upon the lord	1
not ye against the lord	1
notwithstanding the lord	1
now for the lord	1
now then o lord	1
now therefore unto me by the lord	1
now unto the lord	1
of all that the lord	1
of behold the lord	1
of him as the lord	1
of him concerning me i the lord	1
of it for the lord	1
of it unto the lord	1
of me seeing the lord	1
of such unto the lord	1
of the same the lords	1
of them and the lord	1
of them for the lord	1
of them so shall the lord	1
of these things unto the lord	1
on the lords	1
ourselves to the lord	1
over thee whom the lord	1
over us when the lord	1
over you the lord	1
peradventure the lord	1
provoking the lord	1
sake did the lord	1
shall be the lords	1
shall surely be the lords	1
shalt thou have of the lord	1
so now the lord	1
so unto the lord	1
so whomsoever the lord	1
so will the lord	1
surely the lords	1
that then the lord	1
thee and what hath the lord	1
thee for now would the lord	1
thee that the lord	1
thee what the lord	1
them and the lord	1
them as the lord	1
them because the lord	1
them by the lord	1
them i the lord	1
them in the lord	1
them that the lord	1
them therefore hath the lord	1
them to minister unto the lord	1
them which the lord	1
them will the lord	1
themselves lest the lord	1
themselves to the lord	1
themselves unto them and provoked the lord	1
there before the lord	1
there for the lord	1
there the lord	1
there when the lord	1
therefore as the lord	1
therefore it shall be when the lord	1
therefore now o lord	1
therefore unto the lord	1
therefore when the lord	1
therein for the lord	1
therein to the lord	1
therein unto the lord	1
thereof and the lord	1
thereof the lord	1
thereof the lords	1
thereof to the lord	1
thereon as the lord	1
thereon let the lord	1
these unto the lord	1
thine for the lord	1
thine o lord	1
this is the lords	1
thither the lord	1
thou in the lord	1
thou therefore o lord	1
thou unto us all that the lord	1
thou us unto thee o lord	1
though the lord	1
thyself also in the lord	1
thyself for then shall the lord	1
thyself in the lord	1
till the lord	1
to her by the lord	1
to him by the lord	1
to me o lord	1
to thee o lord	1
together unto the lord	1
unto her the lord	1
unto him hath not the lord	1
unto him nay for the lord	1
unto him what hath the lord	1
unto me and the lord	1
unto me by the lord	1
unto me for i the lord	1
unto me the lord	1
unto me where is the lord	1
unto me wherewith the lord	1
unto thee because of the lord	1
unto thee because the lord	1
unto thee but the lord	1
unto thee by the lord	1
unto thee for i the lord	1
unto thee from the lord	1
unto thee only the lord	1
unto thee wherefore hath the lord	1
unto them behold because the lord	1
unto them i am the lord	1
unto them let the lord	1
upon him and the lord	1
upon it as the lord	1
upon me because the lord	1
upon me lord	1
upon thee i the lord	1
upon them as the lord	1
upon them the lord	1
upon us o lord	1
upon which the lords	1
upon you for the lord	1
upon you which the lord	1
us not the lord	1
us not thou o lord	1
us the lord	1
was from the lord	1
was the lord	1
what doth the lord	1
what have ye to do with the lord	1
whatsoever the lord	1
where the lord	1
whereby the lord	1
wherein the lords	1
wherewith he provoked the lord	1
whether the lord	1
which should be the lords	1
which thou o lord	1
with him and that the lord	1
with me forasmuch as when the lord	1
with me the lord	1
with that which the lord	1
with thee for the lord	1
with thee i the lord	1
with whom the lord	1
within her and the lord	1
ye him whom the lord	1
ye in the lord	1
ye make the lords	1
ye not against the lord	1
ye now what the lord	1
ye provoked the lord	1
ye that the lord	1
ye to the lord	1
yet lord	1
yet thou o lord	1
you and the lord	1
you but the lord	1
you so shall the lord	1
you so the lord	1
you the lord	1
yourselves to the lord	1
yourselves unto the lord	1

Verses containing H3068

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1 Samuel 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
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1 Samuel 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
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1 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
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1 Samuel 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
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1 Samuel 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
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1 Samuel 20:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
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1 Samuel 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
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1 Samuel 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
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1 Samuel 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
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1 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
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1 Samuel 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
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1 Samuel 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
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1 Samuel 20:42 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
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1 Samuel 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
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Source alternate reference: 21.7
1 Samuel 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
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Source alternate reference: 21.8
1 Samuel 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
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1 Samuel 22:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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 22:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
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1 Samuel 23:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
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1 Samuel 23:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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1 Samuel 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
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1 Samuel 23:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
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1 Samuel 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
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1 Samuel 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
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1 Samuel 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
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1 Samuel 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
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Source alternate reference: 24.5
1 Samuel 24:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.7
1 Samuel 24:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
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Source alternate reference: 24.11
1 Samuel 24:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
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Source alternate reference: 24.13
1 Samuel 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.16
1 Samuel 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
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Source alternate reference: 24.19
1 Samuel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
1 Samuel 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.22
1 Samuel 25:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
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1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
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1 Samuel 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
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1 Samuel 25:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
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1 Samuel 25:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
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1 Samuel 25:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
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1 Samuel 25:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
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1 Samuel 25:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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1 Samuel 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
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1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 26:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
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1 Samuel 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
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1 Samuel 26:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
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1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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1 Samuel 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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