2 Samuel 14:22

New Living Translation

Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, “At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!”

Cross References

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought in his father, Jacob, and presented him to Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found favor with the Lord.

2 Samuel 14:21

So the king sent for Joab and told him, “All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:23

Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:4

When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

2 Samuel 19:39

So all the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzillai and kissed him, Barzillai returned to his own home.

Nehemiah 11:2

And the people commended everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem.

Job 29:11

“All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.

Job 31:20

did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

Proverbs 31:28

Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:

Ruth 2:2

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out into the harvest fields to pick up the stalks of grain left behind by anyone who is kind enough to let me do it.” Naomi replied, “All right, my daughter, go ahead.”

1 Samuel 20:3

Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won’t tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?’ But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!”