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Meekness: David 1 Samuel 17:29

“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

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Meekness: David 2 Samuel 16:9–14

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!” / But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’” / Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

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Meekness: David Psalm 38:13, 14

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. / I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

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Meekness: David Psalm 120:5–7

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! / Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. / I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

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