1 Samuel 25:28

New Century Version

Please forgive my wrong. The Lord will certainly let your family have many kings, because you fight his battles. As long as you live, may you do nothing bad.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:11

when I chose judges for my people Israel. But I will give you peace from all your enemies. I also tell you that I will make your descendants kings of Israel after you.

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will let you marry her. All I ask is that you remain brave and fight the Lord’s battles.” Saul thought, “I won’t have to kill David. The Philistines will do that.”

1 Chronicles 17:25

“My God, you have told me that you would make my family great. So I, your servant, am brave enough to pray to you.

1 Samuel 24:11

My father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe, but I didn’t kill you. Now understand and know I am not planning any evil against you. I did nothing wrong to you, but you are hunting me to kill me.

1 Chronicles 17:10

when I chose judges for my people Israel. I will defeat all your enemies. “ ‘I tell you that the Lord will make your descendants kings of Israel after you.

1 Kings 9:5

If you do, I will make your kingdom strong. This is the promise I made to your father David—that someone from his family would always rule Israel.

2 Samuel 7:16

But your family and your kingdom will continue always before me. Your throne will last forever.’ ”

Luke 23:47

When the army officer there saw what happened, he praised God, saying, “Surely this was a good man!”

Luke 23:41

We are punished justly, getting what we deserve for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.

Psalm 89:29

I will make his family continue, and his kingdom will last as long as the skies.

1 Kings 15:5

David always did what the Lord said was right and obeyed his commands all his life, except the one time when David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.

2 Samuel 7:27

“Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, you have said to me, ‘I will make your family great.’ So I, your servant, am brave enough to pray to you.

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in battle. The Lord said to you, ‘You will be a shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their leader.’ ”

1 Samuel 25:24

She fell at David’s feet and said, “My master, let the blame be on me! Please let me talk to you. Listen to what I say.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said, “You are a better man than I am. You have been good to me, but I have done wrong to you.

1 Samuel 17:47

Everyone gathered here will know the Lord does not need swords or spears to save people. The battle belongs to him, and he will hand you over to us.”

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors who is better than you.

2 Chronicles 20:15

He said, “Listen to me, King Jehoshaphat and all you people living in Judah and Jerusalem. The Lord says this to you: ‘Don’t be afraid or discouraged because of this large army. The battle is not your battle, it is God’s.

1 Samuel 2:35

I will choose a loyal priest for myself who will listen to me and do what I want. I will make his family continue, and he will always serve before my appointed king.

1 Samuel 22:14

Ahimelech answered, “You have no other servant who is as loyal as David, your own son-in-law and captain of your bodyguards. Everyone in your house respects him.

1 Samuel 24:4

The men said to David, “Today is the day the Lord spoke of when he said, ‘I will give your enemy over to you. Do anything you want with him.’ ” Then David crept up to Saul and quietly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the things he had taken from the Amalekites to his friends, the leaders of Judah. He said, “Here is a present for you from the things we took from the Lord’s enemies.”

Psalm 7:3

Lord my God, what have I done? Have my hands done something wrong?

Numbers 23:21

He has found no wrong in the people of Jacob; he saw no fault in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and they praise their King.

1 Samuel 24:21

Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill my descendants and that you won’t wipe out my name from my father’s family.”

1 Samuel 29:3

The Philistine commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” Achish told them, “This is David. He served Saul king of Israel, but he has been with me for over a year now. I have found nothing wrong in David since the time he left Saul.”

1 Kings 15:3

He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijam was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.