2 Samuel 15:20

Modern English Version

You came only yesterday. Shall I cause you to go roaming around with us today? I am going where I go. Go back, and take back your brothers with you. Mercy and truth be with you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:5

So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead saying, “May you be blessed by the Lord, you who have shown this loyalty to your lord Saul by burying him.

2 Samuel 2:6

Now may the Lord show you loyalty and faithfulness, even as I deal kindly with you who have done this thing.

Psalm 25:10

All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth, for those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

Psalm 56:8

You keep count of my wanderings; put my tears in Your bottle; are they not in Your book?

Psalm 57:3

He will send from heaven and save me; He will reproach him who tramples on me.   Selah God will send forth His mercy and His truth.

Psalm 59:15

They roam around for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

Psalm 61:7

May he sit enthroned before God forever; appoint mercy and truth to guard him.

Psalm 61:8

So will I sing praise to Your name forever, as I fulfill my vows day by day.

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your presence.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will find those who devise good.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Amos 8:12

They will wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

1 Samuel 23:13

So David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and left Keilah. And they went wherever they could go. Now it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. So he halted the expedition.