2Sa 15:20
Whereas thou camest {but} yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth {be} with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}
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Then David and his men, {which were} about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: {are they} not in thy book?
All the paths of the LORD {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. {for meat: Heb. to eat} {and grudge...: or, if they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night}
Justice and judgment {are} the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. {habitation: or, establishment}
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed {each other}.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth {shall be} to them that devise good.
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, {which} may preserve him.
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find {it}.
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
All the paths of the LORD {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Then David and his men, {which were} about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; {as} I {have been} thy father's servant hitherto, so {will} I now also {be} thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
Grace {be} to you and peace from God our Father, and {from} the Lord Jesus Christ.