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• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:16Job 17:5Job 32:21Job 32:22Psalms 5:8Psalms 5:9Psalms 12:2Psalms 12:3Psalms 36:2Psalms 49:13Psalms 49:18Psalms 78:36Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 6:24Proverbs 7:5Proverbs 7:21Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 19:4Proverbs 19:6Proverbs 20:19Proverbs 22:16
• INSTANCE OF
• By JacobGenesis 33:10
• By GideonJudges 8:1–3
• By Mephibosheth2 Samuel 9:8
• By the woman of Tekoah2 Samuel 14:17–20
• By Absalom2 Samuel 15:2–6
• By Israel and Judah2 Samuel 19:41–43
• By Adonijah1 Kings 1:42
• By Ahab1 Kings 20:4
• By false prophets1 Kings 22:13
• By Darius's courtiersDaniel 6:7

The passages, in Bible order (47)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 33:10

   But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 33:101 voice

   “And Jacob said, nay, I pray thee,....

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2. Judges 8:1–3

   Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:1–31 voice

   “And the men of Ephraim said unto him,....

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3. 2 Samuel 9:8

   Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 9:81 voice

   “And he bowed himself,....

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4. 2 Samuel 14:17–20

   And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:17–201 voice

   “Then thine handmaid said, the word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable,....

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5. 2 Samuel 15:2–6

   He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 15:2–61 voice

   “And Absalom rose up early,....

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6. 2 Samuel 19:41–43

   Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:41–431 voice

   “And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king,.... A large number of them, the other part that did not come over with David, some of their principal men, who met him upon the road: and said unto the king, why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen thee away; secretly, privately, and unknown to them, and were bringing him back to Jerusalem: and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? him, and his family, and soldiers.

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7. 1 Kings 1:42

   As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 1:421 voice

   “And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came,....

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8. 1 Kings 20:4

   And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 20:41 voice

   “And the king of Israel answered and said, my lord, O king,.... So he said to Benhadad's messengers, representing him, as acknowledging his sovereignty over him: according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have: which he understood of holding all that he had of him, by giving him homage, and paying him tribute; not that he was to deliver all his substance, and especially his wives and children, into his hands.

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9. 1 Kings 22:13

   Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 22:131 voice

   “And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,....

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10. Job 17:5

    If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

    ›Commentary on Job 17:51 voice

    “Ver. 5. He promiseth prey to his friends; and the eyes of his children shall fail.

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11. Job 32:21

    I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

    ›Commentary on Job 32:211 voice

    “I will not accept the person of man, I will not equal God to man; for I know not how long I shall continue, or whether after a while my Maker may take me away. Most judiciously he does not make God equal to man, since he knows not how long he may continue, or when in the judgment of God be taken away. And he well says, After a while my Maker may take me away; for however long is the period of the present life, it is short, from the very fact, that it is not enduring.

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12. Job 32:22

    For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

    ›Commentary on Job 32:222 voices

    “He shows the reason he fears to do this saying, "Truly I do not know for how long I will live," in this mortal life, to be able to promise myself a long periods of time to do penance, "and if my maker will take …

    “I will not accept the person of man, I will not equal God to man; for I know not how long I shall continue, or whether after a while my Maker may take me away. Most judiciously he does not make God equal to man, since he knows not how long he may continue, or when in the judgment of God be taken away. And he well says, After a while my Maker may take me away; for however long is the period of the present life, it is short, from the very fact, that it is not enduring.

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13. Psalms 5:8

    Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 5:81 voice

    “Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness because of my enemies. I indeed desire to enter into Thy house, and I wish to enter by Thy straight way: but since my enemies set stumbling-blocks continuously along the paths, and lay snares in the road for me who desire to go into Thy house; therefore I ask Thee, that Thou wouldst direct my feet even unto the end in Thy way. It is mine to set my feet in Thy way: it is Thine to correct my steps.

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14. Psalms 5:9

    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 5:92 voices

    “For there is no truth in their mouth. The heretics are described; the man of blood and deceit is described, whom the Lord shall abhor. There is no truth in their mouth: they do not have Christ the truth in their mouth, because neither do they have Him in their heart. Their heart is vain. It reads better in the Hebrew: 'Their heart is ἐπίβουλον (treacherous).' For the heart of the heretics truly lies in wait for all whom it deceives. Their throat is an open sepulchre.

    “For there is no faithfulness in their mouth,.... In the mouth of the ungodly, as the Chaldee paraphrase; in the mouth of every one of them, as Aben Ezra interprets it: that is, in the mouth of every wicked, bloody, and deceitful man; of everyone of David's enemies, as Saul, or the conspirators with Absalom his son. There was no steadfastness in them; nothing right, sure, or firm said by them; nothing that could be depended upon; there was "no truth" in them, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions render it.

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15. Psalms 12:2

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 12:21 voice

    “Regard for truth is in danger of being snuffed out, with everyone, you might say, suffering from distrust in one another.… They pretend friendship and perform the actions of enemies.… Some use their lips to direct falsehood into their neighbor's heart; others return the compliment.

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16. Psalms 12:3

    May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 12:31 voice

    “When the Lord wipes out those things that are base, he will destroy those very things, so that when those things that have come on a person unexpectedly have been destroyed, the foremost creation of God whom the baser things had overtaken may take up the higher things.

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