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2Sa 14:20 — To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fetch		2Sa 5:23
according		2Sa 14:17; 2Sa 19:27; Job 32:21,22; Pro 26:28; Pro 29:5
to know		Gen 3:5; Job 38:16-41; 1Cr 8:1,2

Correlating Passages

fetch

2Sa 5:23

And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; [but] fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

according

	2Sa 14:17	Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
	2Sa 19:27	And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes.
	Job 32:21	Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
	Job 32:22	For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.
	Pro 26:28	A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
	Pro 29:5	A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

to know

	Gen 3:5	For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
	Job 38:16	Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
	Job 38:17	Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
	Job 38:18	Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
	Job 38:19	Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,
	Job 38:20	That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?
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	1Cr 8:1	Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
	1Cr 8:2	And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 14:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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