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Passage Lookup: 2 Samuel 23:1-7
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2 Samuel 23:1
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These are the last words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel's singer of songs (F77) :
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2 Samuel 23:2
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"The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.
2 Samuel 23:3
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The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:4
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he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'
2 Samuel 23:5
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"Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire?
2 Samuel 23:6
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But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand.
2 Samuel 23:7
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Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie."
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