2 Samuel 19:7

So now stand up, go out and speak kindly and encouragingly to your servants; for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you tonight. And this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

Proverbs 14:28


In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince’s ruin.

Genesis 34:3

But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart’s wishes.

Psalm 71:4-6


Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

Psalm 71:9-11


Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

Psalm 71:18-20


And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

Psalm 129:1-2

“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,

Proverbs 19:15


Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 40:1

“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.

Hosea 2:14


“Therefore, behold, I will allure Israel
And bring her into the wilderness,
And I will speak tenderly to her [to reconcile her to Me].

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Summary

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

All the evil

Bible References

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Proverbs 14:28

In a multitude of people is a king’s glory,
But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince’s ruin.

All the evil

Psalm 71:4

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
Psalm 129:1
“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,