Quotes About Faithfulness

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”

Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his fatherís sheep in Bethlehem.

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

And as long as I live, treat me with the LORDís loving devotion, that I may not die,

and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of Davidís enemies from the face of the earth.”

Now one of Saulís servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the kingís son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?

She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lordís servants.”

May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORDís anointed.

David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingship out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.