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Luke 11:23

Luke 11:23 (NKJV)
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

1 John 3:2

1 John 3:2 (NKJV)
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 Kings 13:1

1 Kings 13:1 (NKJV)
And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2 Corinthians 4:16

2 Corinthians 4:16 (NLT)
That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

John 6:63

John 6:63 (NIV)
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

1 Samuel 30:1

1 Samuel 30:1 (NIV)
David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,

1 Samuel 30:2

1 Samuel 30:2 (NIV)
and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:3

1 Samuel 30:3 (NIV)
When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:4

1 Samuel 30:4 (NIV)
So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 30:5

1 Samuel 30:5 (NIV)
David's two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

1 Samuel 30:6

1 Samuel 30:6 (NIV)
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:7

1 Samuel 30:7 (NIV)
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, "Bring me the ephod." Abiathar brought it to him,

1 Samuel 30:8

1 Samuel 30:8 (NIV)
and David inquired of the lord, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?" "Pursue them," he answered. "You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."

1 Samuel 30:9

1 Samuel 30:9 (NIV)
David and the six hundred men with him came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.

1 Samuel 30:10

1 Samuel 30:10 (NIV)
Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:11

1 Samuel 30:11 (NIV)
They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat—

1 Samuel 30:12

1 Samuel 30:12 (NIV)
part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:13

1 Samuel 30:13 (NIV)
David asked him, "Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?" He said, "I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.

1 Samuel 30:14

1 Samuel 30:14 (NIV)
We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, some territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag."

1 Samuel 30:15

1 Samuel 30:15 (NIV)
David asked him, "Can you lead me down to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them."

1 Samuel 30:16

1 Samuel 30:16 (NIV)
He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

1 Samuel 30:17

1 Samuel 30:17 (NIV)
David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.

1 Samuel 30:18

1 Samuel 30:18 (NIV)
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

1 Samuel 30:19

1 Samuel 30:19 (NIV)
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

1 Samuel 30:20

1 Samuel 30:20 (NIV)
He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, "This is David's plunder."