Cross references

2 Samuel 14:17

And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

2 Samuel 14:17 BSB
  1. a Or Angel; also in verse 20

2 Samuel 14:17 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 29:9 (5 votes) and 2 Samuel 19:27 (5 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 18 to Hebrews 5.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 14:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

  2. and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.

  3. Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

  4. Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

  5. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

  6. Job 6:302 votes

    Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

  7. A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

  8. A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  9. The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

  10. When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 14:17?

The 10 strongest of 17.