2 Samuel 19:24
24And aMephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.2 Samuel 19:28
28For all my father’s house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but byou set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?”2 Samuel 21:7
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of cthe oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.1 Kings 12:6-8
6Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” 7And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.2 Chronicles 24:22
22Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see dand avenge!” ▼▼Hebrew and seek
Isaiah 41:8-10
8 But you, Israel, fmy servant,Jacob, gwhom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, hmy friend;
9you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called ifrom its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are jmy servant,
kI have chosen you and not cast you off”;
10fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with lmy righteous right hand.
Jeremiah 2:5
5Thus says the Lord:m“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
nand went after oworthlessness, and became worthless?
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