1 Samuel 8:16   (Read all of 1 Samuel 8)

Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use.

1 Samuel 14:36   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

Saul said, "Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them till dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive." "Do whatever seems best to you," they replied. But the priest said, "Let us inquire of God here."

1 Samuel 14:40   (Read all of 1 Samuel 14)

Saul then said to all the Israelites, "You stand over there; I and Jonathan my son will stand over here." "Do what seems best to you," they replied.

1 Samuel 15:9   (Read all of 1 Samuel 15)

But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs-everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:15   (Read all of 1 Samuel 15)

Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest."

1 Samuel 15:21   (Read all of 1 Samuel 15)

The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal."

1 Samuel 27:1   (Read all of 1 Samuel 27)

But David thought to himself, "One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand."

2 Samuel 10:9   (Read all of 2 Samuel 10)

Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.

2 Samuel 18:4   (Read all of 2 Samuel 18)

The king answered, "I will do whatever seems best to you." So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands.

1 Kings 20:3   (Read all of 1 Kings 20)

'Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.' "

2 Kings 10:3   (Read all of 2 Kings 10)

choose the best and most worthy of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne. Then fight for your master's house."

2 Kings 10:5   (Read all of 2 Kings 10)

So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: "We are your servants and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best."

1 Chronicles 19:10   (Read all of 1 Chronicles 19)

Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.

1 Chronicles 29:25   (Read all of 1 Chronicles 29)

The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor such as no king over Israel ever had before.

Ezra 7:18   (Read all of Ezra 7)

You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God.

Esther 2:9   (Read all of Esther 2)

She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king's palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem.

Esther 3:8   (Read all of Esther 3)

Then Haman said to King Xerxes, "There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king's laws; it is not in the king's best interest to tolerate them.

Esther 8:8   (Read all of Esther 8)

Now write another decree in the king's name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king's signet ring-for no document written in the king's name and sealed with his ring can be revoked."

Psalm 21:5   (Read all of Psalm 21)

Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

Psalm 31:19   (Read all of Psalm 31)

How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.

Psalm 84:11   (Read all of Psalm 84)

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Psalm 89:19   (Read all of Psalm 89)

Once you spoke in a vision, to your faithful people you said: "I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people.

Psalm 90:10   (Read all of Psalm 90)

Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Psalm 133:3   (Read all of Psalm 133)

It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.