Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Dog » Epithet of contempt
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
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The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
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Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman!
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He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Syria."
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His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
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Dogs » Illustrative » (dead,) of the mean
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
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He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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Flattery » Instance of » By mephibosheth
He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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Humility » Examples of » Men
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
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He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
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David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"
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But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
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Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
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Humility » Instances of » Mephibosheth
He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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King » Ceremonial recognition of » Prostration
Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!"
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He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."
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They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"
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Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.
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Kings » Exercised great hospitality
Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his duty.
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The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty. Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day: for he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean." It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?"
David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You shall eat bread at my table continually." He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?" Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son. read more.
You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons. Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.
You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons. Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.
The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem."
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Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal, ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
Kings » Approached with greatest reverence
He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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They told the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet!" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.
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Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant."
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Obsequiousness » Instances of » Mephibosheth
He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
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