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2Sa 20:16 — Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		2Sa 14:2; 1Sa 25:3,32,33; Ecc 9:14-18

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	2Sa 14:2	And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
	1Sa 25:3	Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.
	1Sa 25:32	And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
	1Sa 25:33	And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
	Ecc 9:14	[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
	Ecc 9:15	Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
	Ecc 9:16	Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
	Ecc 9:17	The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
	Ecc 9:18	Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 20:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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