In their own words — 2791 recorded sayings
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“And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.”— David, 2 Samuel 5:19
“And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim.”— David, 2 Samuel 5:20
“And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?”— David, 2 Samuel 6:9
“And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord; And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.”— David, 2 Samuel 6:21-22
“The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.”— David, 2 Samuel 7:2
“Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now? And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God! What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God. Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it. Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from…”— David, 2 Samuel 7:18-29
“And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I may be a friend to him, because of Jonathan? Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:1-2
“And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:3
“And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:4
“And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:6
“And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:7
“Then the king sent for Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All the property of Saul and of his family I have given to your master's son. And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.”— David, 2 Samuel 9:9-10
“And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.”— David, 2 Samuel 10:2
“When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.”— David, 2 Samuel 10:5
“And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.”— David, 2 Samuel 11:6
“And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.”— David, 2 Samuel 11:8
“And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?”— David, 2 Samuel 11:10
“And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.”— David, 2 Samuel 11:12
“And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.”— David, 2 Samuel 11:15
“Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.”— David, 2 Samuel 11:25
“And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this: And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.”— David, 2 Samuel 12:5-6
“And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.”— David, 2 Samuel 12:13
“But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.”— David, 2 Samuel 12:19
“And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life? But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.”— David, 2 Samuel 12:22-23
“Then David sent to the house for Tamar and said, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and get a meal for him.”— David, 2 Samuel 13:7
“And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.”— David, 2 Samuel 13:25
“Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you?”— David, 2 Samuel 13:26
“And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:5
“And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:8
“And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage. Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:10-11
“Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:12
“Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:18
“And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:”— David, 2 Samuel 14:19
“And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.”— David, 2 Samuel 14:21
“And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he got up and went to Hebron.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:9
“And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:14
“Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth. It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:19-20
“And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:22
“And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again: But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him. The king said further to Zadok the priest, See, you and Abiathar are to go back to the town in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar. See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:25-28
“And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.”— David, 2 Samuel 15:31
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