2 Samuel 14:17

Modern English Version

“So, your servant thought, ‘May the word of my lord the king provide rest. For like the angel of God, my lord the king discerns good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:18

Then the king answered the woman, “Please do not conceal from me anything that I ask you.” The woman said, “May my lord the king please speak.”

2 Samuel 14:20

In order to change this situation, your servant Joab did this thing, but my lord is wise, as with the wisdom of the angel of God, so as to discern everything happening in the land.”

2 Samuel 19:27

But he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Still my lord the king is as the angel of God, so do what seems best to you.

2 Samuel 19:28

For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What right do I have to cry out any more to the king?”

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard of the king’s judgment, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute sound judgment.

1 Kings 3:9

Give Your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge among so great a people?”

Job 6:30

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern pernicious things?

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but a man is tested by his praise.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for those who through practice have powers of discernment that are trained to distinguish good from evil.

Joshua 1:17

Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, we will obey you. May the Lord your God be with you, as He was with Moses!

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish replied to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight like an angel of God. However the lords of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us in battle.’