1 Samuel 25:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keping sheepe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:10 : 10 Hast thou not preserued him and his house, and al that he hath on euery side? Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes, and his possession is encreased in the lande.
  • Exod 14:22 : 22 And the children of Israel went into the middest of the sea vppon the drye grounde, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their ryght hande and on their left hande.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 And so shall I make thee a strong brasen wall agaynst this people, they shall fyght agaynst thee, but they shall not preuayle: for I my selfe wyll be with thee, to helpe thee and deliuer thee, saith the Lorde:
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 For I my selfe, saith the Lorde, wyl be vnto her a wall of fire rounde about, & wyl be the glory in the middest of her.

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  • 1 Sam 25:15
    86%

    15And yet the men were very good vnto vs, and dyd vs no displeasure, neither missed we any thyng as long as we were conuersaunt with them when we were in the fieldes.

  • 1 Sam 25:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Beholde I haue hearde say that thou hast shearers: Nowe, thy shepheardes were with vs, & we did them no spite, neither was there ought missing vnto them al the while they were in Carmel:

    8Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid.

  • Neh 4:21-22
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    74%

    21And we wil be labouring in the worke. And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring, tyll the starres came foorth.

    22And at the same time saide I vnto the people: Let euery one with his seruaut lodge within Hierusalem, that in the night season we may watch, and labour on the day time.

  • Num 32:16-17
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    74%

    16And they went neare hym, and sayde: We wyll builde sheepe foldes here for our sheepe & for our cattell, and walled cities for our children:

    17But we our selues wyl go redy armed before the children of Israel, vntyll we haue brought them vnto their place: And our children shall dwell in the fensed cities, because of the inhabiters of the lande.

  • Neh 4:9
    73%

    9Neuerthelesse, we made our prayer vnto our God, and set watchmen by them day and night, because of them.

  • Gen 26:28-29
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    72%

    28Whiche aunswered: We sawe most certainly that the Lord was with thee, and we sayde: let there be nowe an oth betwixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and let vs make a league with thee:

    29That thou shouldest do vs no hurt, as we haue not touched thee, and as we haue done vnto thee nothyng but good, & sent thee away in peace: for thou art nowe the blessed of the Lorde.

  • Josh 2:14-17
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    14And the men aunswered her: Our lyues for you to dye, yf ye vtter not this our busynesse. And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande, we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee.

    15And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow: for her house was vpon the towne wall, & she dwelt vpon the towne wall.

    16And she sayde vnto them: Get you into the mountaine leste the pursuers meete you, and hyde your selues there three dayes vntyl the pursuers be returned, & then shall ye go your owne way.

    17And the men sayde vnto her: We wyl be blamelesse of this thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare:

  • Gen 29:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them.

    8And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe.

    9Whyle he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheepe: for she kept them.

  • 1 Sam 25:17
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    17Now therefore take heede, & see what thou shalt do: for surelie euyll will come vpon our maister and al his housholde, for he is so wicked, that a man can not speake to him.

  • Exod 2:19
    71%

    19And they aunswered: A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the handes of the shepheardes, and so drewe vs water, and watered the sheepe.

  • Gen 46:32
    70%

    32And they are shepheardes, for theyr trade hath ben to feede cattell: and they haue brought theyr sheepe and theyr cattell, and all that they haue.

  • Gen 31:38
    70%

    38Behold, this twentie yere haue I ben with thee, thy sheepe and thy goates haue not ben barren, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

  • Luke 2:8
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    8There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght.

  • Judg 19:19-22
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    70%

    19We haue strawe and prouender for our asses, and bread and wyne for me and thy handmayde, and for the lad that is with thy seruaunt: & we lacke nothing.

    20The olde man sayd: Peace be with thee, all that thou lackest shalt thou fynde with me: Only abyde not in the streate all nyght.

    21And so he brought him into his house, and gaue fodder vnto the Asses: and they wasshed their feete, and dyd eate and drynke.

    22And as they were makyng their heartes mery, beholde, the men of the citie which were wicked, beset the house rounde about, and thrust at the doore, & spake to the man of the house, the olde man, saying: Bring foorth the man that came into thyne house, that we may knowe him.

  • Gen 42:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30The man, euen the Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and toke vs for spyes of the countrey.

    31And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.

  • Judg 9:32
    69%

    32Now therfore vp by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lye in wayte in the fielde.

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31He said: Oh nay, leaue vs not, for thou knowest our mansions in the wyldernesse, and thou mayest be to vs in steade of eyes.

    32And if thou go with vs, looke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth vnto vs, the same wyll we shewe vnto thee.

  • Judg 19:14
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    14And they went forwarde vpon their way, and the sunne went downe vpon them when they were fast by Gibea, which belongeth to them of Beniamin.

  • Num 32:26
    69%

    26Our children, our wyues, our sheepe, and our cattell, shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead:

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23Then sayd Dauid: Ye shall not do so my brethren with that which the Lord hath geuen vs, who hath preserued vs, and delyuered the company that came against vs, into our handes.

  • Job 31:20
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    20If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

  • Ps 124:2
    69%

    2if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs,

  • 1 Sam 14:9
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    9Yf they say on this wyse to vs, Tarie vntil we come to you: then we wil stand still in our place, & not go vp vnto them.

  • Gen 34:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22Only herein will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people: if all the males that are among vs be circumcised, as they are circumcised?

    23Shall not their goodes and their substaunce, and all their cattell be ours? let vs only consent vnto them, and they will dwell with vs.

  • Neh 4:11-12
    2 verses
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    11And our aduersaries sayde: They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come in the middes among them, and slay them, and cause the worke to ceasse.

    12But when the Iewes which dwelt beside them, came, they told vs as good as ten times, that in all places where ye go vnto, they are appoynted to fal vpon vs.

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    5And about the time of the shutting of the gate when it was darke, the men went out, whyther the men went I wote not: folowe ye after them quickly, for ye shall ouertake them.

  • Neh 5:16
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    16But I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall, and we bought no lande: and all my seruauntes came thither together vnto the worke.

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    7Beholde, we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde: and lo, my sheafe arose and stoode vpright, & beholde, your sheaues stoode rounde about, and made obeysaunce to my sheafe.

  • Gen 29:3
    68%

    3And thyther were all the flockes brought, and they roulled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watred the sheepe, & put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth vnto his place.

  • 1 Sam 25:34
    68%

    34For in very deede, as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurting thee: except thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there hadde not ben left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Gen 31:40
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    40I was in suche case, that by day the heate consumed me, and the frost by nyght, and my slepe departed from mine eyes.

  • 1 Chr 16:20
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    20and when they went from one nation to another, from one kingdome to another people,

  • Gen 42:11
    68%

    11We are all one mans sonnes, and meane truely, and thy seruauntes are no spyes.