1 Samuel 23:16 Cross References - ISV

¹⁶ Saul’s son Jonathan got up and went to David at Horesh, and he encouraged him to trust in God.

²⁸ Therefore charge Joshua to be doubly strong, because he will lead this people and cause them to inherit the land that you’ll see.’

⁶ David was in great danger because all the people were bitter because of their sons and daughters, and they were talking about stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

¹⁸ Then I told them how good my God had been to me, and about what the king had told me.
They replied, “Let’s get out there and build!” So they encouraged themselves to do good.

³ Look! You’ve admonished many people, and you’ve strengthened feeble hands. ⁴ A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.

⁵ and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

⁹ Ointments and perfume encourage the heart; in a similar way, a friend’s advice is sweet to the soul.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens a friend’s character.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. ¹⁰ If they stumble, the first will lift up his friend—but woe to anyone who is alone when he falls and there is no one to help him get up. ¹¹ Again, if two lie close together, they will keep warm, but how can only one stay warm? ¹² If someone attacks one of them, the two of them together will resist. Furthermore, the tri-braided cord is not soon broken.

³ Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees. ⁴ Say to those with anxious hearts, ‘Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God— he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.’

²² “‘“Because you’ve dismayed the heart of the righteous—whom I never intended to dismay—with lies, and because you’ve encouraged the wicked so that he wouldn’t abandon his evil behavior and by doing so live,

³² but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers.”

⁴³ Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

¹⁰ Putting on the Whole Armor of GodFinally, be strong in the Lord, relying on his mighty strength.

¹ Remain Committed to the Messiah JesusAs for you, my child, be strong by the grace that is in the Messiah Jesus.

¹² Live as God’s PeopleTherefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees, ¹³ and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.