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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
Dressed his feet
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Bible References
Mephibosheth
2 Samuel 9:6
Now, when Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came in unto David, he fell on his face and did homage. And David said, Mephibosheth? And he said, Lo! thy servant.
2 Samuel 16:3
Then said the king, And where is thy lord's son? And Ziba said unto the king - Lo! abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day, will the house of Israel, restore unto me, the kingdom of my father.
Dressed his feet
Deuteronomy 21:12
then shalt thou bring her into the midst of thy house, - and she shall shave her head and pare her nails;
Isaiah 15:2
He hath gone up to Bayith and Dibon, to the high places, to weep, - On Nebo and on Medeba, Moab is howling, On all their heads, a baldness, Every beard, clipped.
Jeremiah 41:5
that men came in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, - eighty men, with beards shaven and clothes rent who also had cut themselves, with a meal-offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring them into the house of Yahweh.
Matthew 6:16
And, when ye may he fasting, become not ye, as the hypocrites, of sullen countenance, - for they darken their looks, that they may appear, unto men, to be fasting: Verily, I say unto you, they are getting back their reward.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:
Hebrews 13:3
Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound, - them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.
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Proverbs 18:17
Righteous is he that is first in his own cause, then cometh his neighbour, and thoroughly searcheth him.