2 Samuel 14:17

New American Bible - revised edition

And your servant says, ‘Let the word of my lord the king lead to rest; indeed, my lord the king is like an angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you.’”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:18

The king answered the woman, “Now do not conceal from me anything I may ask you!” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”

2 Samuel 14:20

Your servant Joab did this in order to approach the matter in a roundabout way. But my lord is wise with the wisdom of an angel of God, knowing all things on earth.” Absalom’s Return.

2 Samuel 19:27

He replied: “My lord king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said to him, ‘Saddle the donkey for me, that I may ride on it and go with the king’; your servant is lame.

2 Samuel 19:28

But he slandered your servant before my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems good to you.

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they were in awe of him, because they saw that the king had in him the wisdom of God for giving right judgment.

1 Kings 3:9

Give your servant, therefore, a listening heart to judge your people and to distinguish between good and evil. For who is able to give judgment for this vast people of yours?”

Job 6:30

Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?

Proverbs 27:21

The crucible for silver, the furnace for gold, so you must assay the praise you receive.

Proverbs 29:5

Those who speak flattery to their neighbor cast a net at their feet.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties are trained by practice to discern good and evil.

Joshua 1:17

As completely as we obeyed Moses, we will obey you. Only, may the Lord, your God, be with you as God was with Moses.

1 Samuel 29:9

“I recognize,” Achish answered David, “that you are trustworthy, like an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders are saying, ‘He must not go with us into battle.’