2 Samuel 14:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn right or left from anything that my lord the king has said. For it was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:11

Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing.”

2 Samuel 14:18

Then the king answered the woman, “Do not withhold from me anything I ask you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.”

2 Samuel 14:3

Go to the king and speak to him as follows.” And Joab put the words into her mouth.

2 Samuel 18:13

On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died on account of the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

2 Samuel 3:29

May the bloodguilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge, or who has a defiling skin disease, or who holds a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks food!”

2 Samuel 3:34

Your hands were not bound; your feet were not fettered; as one falls before the wicked you have fallen.” And all the people wept over him again.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Exodus 4:15

You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what you shall do.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

Proverbs 4:27

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Numbers 20:17

Now let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard or drink water from any well; we will go along the King’s Highway, not turning aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

Luke 21:15

for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.

Deuteronomy 28:14

and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you today, either to the right or to the left, following other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 5:32

You must therefore be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn to the right or to the left.

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.

1 Samuel 1:26

And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

1 Samuel 20:3

But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 25:26

“Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, since the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal.