Tact

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningProverbs 15:1Proverbs 25:15
• In preaching1 Corinthians 9:19–222 Corinthians 12:6
• Of GideonJudges 8:1–3
• Of Saul, in managing malcontents1 Samuel 10:271 Samuel 11:71 Samuel 11:12–15
• Nabal' s wife1 Samuel 25:18–37
• In David' s popular methods
• In mourning for Abner2 Samuel 3:28–37
• In organizing the temple music1 Chronicles 15:16–24
• In securing popular consent to bringing the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem1 Chronicles 13:1–4
• Joab' s trick in obtaining David' s consent to the return of Absalom2 Samuel 14:1–22
• The wise woman of Abel2 Samuel 20:16–22
• Solomon, in arbitrating between the prostitutes1 Kings 3:24–28

The passages, in Bible order (24)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Judges 8:1–3

   Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:1–31 voice

   “The success of Gideon’s enterprise mortified the pride of Ephraim, as the chief tribe, seeing that they had played a subordinate part. Compare Jdg 12:1.

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2. 1 Samuel 10:27

   But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:272 voices

   “And they despised him, and brought him no presents--In Eastern countries, the honor of the sovereign and the splendor of the royal household are upheld, not by a fixed rate of taxation, but by presents brought at certain seasons by officials, and men of wealth, from all parts of the kingdom, according to the means of the individual, and of a customary registered value.

   “Presents - The מנחה mı̂nchāh was the token of homage and acknowledgment from the subject to the sovereign, and from the tributary nation to their suzerain. (See 2Sa 8:2, 2Sa 8:6; Jdg 3:17-18; 1Ki 4:21; 2Ki 17:4, etc.; Psa 72:10; Isa 16:1.) Saul dissembled his resentment, and waited for the favorable tide which soon came with the invasion of Nahash.

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3. 1 Samuel 11:7

   He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:72 voices

   “7. What do we say in these words, except that the weaknesses of the saints, and those things which seem carnal, are not weak and carnal, but spiritual and mighty? For we are accustomed to rebuke excessive anger in religious men, but behold, before Saul could become exceedingly angry, the Spirit of the Lord first rushed upon him. How fearful, then, the anger of the saints must be, we perceive, if we consider the Spirit of the Lord rushing upon them—if, while we observe them outwardly angry, we equally attend to the Spirit stirring them within.

   “Though not expressly stated, it is doubtless implied that he sent the portions by the messengers to the twelve tribes, after the analogy, and probably in imitation, of Jdg 19:29. He made use of the revered name of Samuel to strengthen his own weak authority. Samuel accompanied Saul in the expedition 1Sa 11:12.

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4. 1 Samuel 11:12–15

   Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:12–151 voice

   “15. For the Lord had said above to Samuel: They have not rejected you, but me, that I should not reign over them (1 Kings VIII, 7). But of Saul it was said a little before: Because they despised him, and did not bring him gifts (Ibid., X, 27). But he who was rejected, and he who was despised, after the enemies had been slain and victory obtained, heard the people crying out: Give us the men, and we will kill them.

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5. 1 Samuel 25:18–37

   Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:18–371 voice

   “Took two hundred loaves - The Eastern bread is ordinarily both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. Two bottles of wine - That is, two goat-skins full. The hide is pulled off the animal without ripping up; the places where the legs, etc., were are sewed up, and then the skin appears one large bag. This is properly the Scripture and Eastern bottle. There is one such before me. Five sheep - Not one sheep to one hundred men. Clusters of raisins - Raisins dried in the sun. Cakes of figs - Figs cured, and then pressed together.

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6. 2 Samuel 3:28–37

   Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

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7. 2 Samuel 14:1–22

   Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:1–221 voice

   “Was towards - He desired to see him, but was ashamed to shew kindness to one whom God's law and his own conscience obliged him to punish; he wanted therefore a fair pretense, which therefore Joab gave him.

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8. 2 Samuel 20:16–22

   a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:16–221 voice

   “Then cried a wise woman - It seems none of all the men of Abel, offered to treat with Joab: no, not when they were reduced to extremity: but one wise woman saved the city. Souls know no difference of sex: many a manly heart is lodged in a female breast. Nor is the treasure of wisdom the less valuable, for being lodged in the weaker vessel.

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9. 1 Kings 3:24–28

   The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 3:24–282 voices

   What about Solomon, who in his first judgment manifested the gift of wisdom, which he had received of God, only by making use of falsehood? For in order to get at the truth which was hidden by the woman's lie, even he used the help of a lie most cunningly invented, saying: "Bring me a sword and divide the living child into two parts, and give the one half to the one and the other half to the other."

   “The interpretation of Solomon's judgment on the quarrel of two harlot women (1 Kings 3) is clear as far as the simple history is concerned: that a boy of twelve years judged with an affection beyond his age for the depths of human nature. Hence, he was both admired and feared by all Israel, because he would not miss what was so skillfully concealed.

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10. 1 Chronicles 13:1–4

    Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

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    “The captains ... - Such an organisation had probably been established generally through the tribes prior to the time of David: but David seems to have been the first to recognize in these officers of the host representatives of the people, to consult them on public affairs, and to give them a certain political position.

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11. 1 Chronicles 15:16–24

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:16–241 voice

    “The singers - Singing had long been recognized as appropriate to religious ceremonies Exo 15:21; Jdg 5:1; 1Ch 13:8; but this is the first occasion on which we find the duty of conducting musical services expressly laid on the Levites. Henceforth, the services of the tabernacle and the temple were regularly choral, and a considerable section of the Levites was trained in musical knowledge, and set apart to conduct this portion of the national worship.

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12. Esther 2:10

    Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

    ›Commentary on Esther 2:102 voices

    “Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred,.... What nation or family she was of; it not being asked, she was under no obligation to declare it; and being born in Shushan, as very probable, she was taken to be a Persian: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it; lest she should be despised and ill treated on that account; fearing, if the king knew it, he would not marry her, as Aben Ezra; or rather, as the same writer thinks, that she might keep the law of God privately, observe the sabbath, &c.

    “Esther had not showed her people - This might have prejudiced her with the king; for it was certainly no credit at the Persian court to be a Jew; and we shall find from the sequel that those who were in the Persian dominions were far from being reputable, or in a safe state. Besides, had her lineage been known, envy might have prevented her from ever having access to the king.

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13. Esther 5:7

    Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

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14. Proverbs 15:1

    A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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15. Proverbs 25:15

    Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

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16. Acts 16:3

    Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

    ›Commentary on Acts 16:32 voices

    “[But] perhaps it has been recorded at some time or other with good reason that even the true worshiper who worships in spirit and truth performs certain symbolic acts so that, by acting in a most accommodating manner, he might free those who are enslaved to the symbol and bring them to the truth that the symbols represent. Paul appears to have done this in the case of Timothy, and perhaps also in Cenchrea and Jerusalem, as it is written in the Acts of the Apostles.

    “Even if, for certain, the apostle had granted pardon of fornication to that Corinthian, it would be another instance of his once for all contravening his own practice to meet the requirement of the time. He circumcised Timotheus alone, and yet did away with circumcision.

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