Quotes about Commitment

saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”

He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.

Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”

and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”

Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,