2 Samuel 19:24

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Summary

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

Mephibosheth

2 Samuel 9:6

2 Samuel 16:3

Dressed his feet

General references

Proverbs 18:17

Bible References

Mephibosheth

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.

And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

Dressed his feet

Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;

The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.

Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

General references

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.