2 Samuel 14:20

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil.”

2 Samuel 14:17

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.’”

2 Samuel 18:13

Had I been disloyal and killed him, it would all have come out before the king, and you would stand aloof.”

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.

2 Samuel 5:23

and again David inquired of the Lord, who replied: Do not attack the front—circle behind them and come against them near the balsam trees.

Proverbs 26:28

The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 29:5

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

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.’