Quotes about Allegiance

The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.

Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.