2 Samuel 14:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant.”

Cross References

Genesis 47:7

Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Samuel 14:21

Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:4

When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, “Help, O king.”

2 Samuel 19:39

Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

Nehemiah 11:2

And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem.

Job 29:11

When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved;

Job 31:20

if his loins have not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

1 Samuel 20:3

But David replied, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he thinks, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”