Quotes About Trust

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

“Stay here one more day,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his masterís servants, but he did not go home.

Joab sent to David a full account of the battle

So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

I gave your masterís house to you and your masterís wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ëPlease let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.í”

Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.

Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat it from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes she had made and went to her brother Amnonís bedroom.

“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

But Absalom urged him, so the king sent Amnon and the rest of his sons.

“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”

Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ëI will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.