1 Samuel 29:6

¶ Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

Then Achish {H397} called {H7121} David {H1732}, and said {H559} unto him, Surely, as the LORD {H3068} liveth {H2416}, thou hast been upright {H3477}, and thy going out {H3318} and thy coming in {H935} with me in the host {H4264} is good {H2896} in my sight {H5869}: for I have not found {H4672} evil {H7451} in thee since the day {H3117} of thy coming {H935} unto me unto this day {H3117}: nevertheless the lords {H5633} favour {H2896} thee not {H5869}.

So Akhish summoned David and said to him, "As ADONAI lives, you have been upright; and I myself would be more than pleased to have you go on campaign with me; because I haven't found anything wrong with you between the day you arrived and now. However, the chiefs don't trust you.

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.

Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 19:27 (4 votes)

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 2 Samuel 3:25 (4 votes)

    Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

  • Psalms 121:8 (3 votes)

    The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • 1 Samuel 20:3 (3 votes)

    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a step between me and death.

  • 1 Peter 3:16 (2 votes)

    ¶ Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

  • Numbers 27:17 (2 votes)

    Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

  • Genesis 16:6 (2 votes)

    But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.