2 Samuel 19:35

David Pardons His Enemies

³⁴ But Barzillai said to the king, “How long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? ³⁶ Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?

Male and Female

My Lord the King

Take Pleasure In

No

2 Samuel 15:33

David said to him, “If you pass over with me, then you will be a burden to me.

Ezra 2:65

besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women.

Psalm 90:10

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

Exodus 2:8

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.

Exodus 12:4

Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.

2 Samuel 13:25

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, for we will be burdensome to you.” Although he urged him, he would not go, but blessed him.

Nehemiah 7:67

besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

Job 6:30

“Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern calamities?

Job 12:11

“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?

Ecclesiastes 2:8

Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men—many concubines.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-5

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

1 Peter 2:3

if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.