2Sa 16:9 Cross References
2 Samuel 16:9
9: "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?" Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. "Let me go over and cut off his head!"
Exodus 22:28
- "Do not blaspheme God or curse anyone who rules over you.
2 Samuel 9:8
- Mephibosheth fell to the ground before the king. "Should the king show such kindness to a dead dog like me?" he exclaimed.
1 Samuel 24:14
- Who is the king of Israel trying to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a flea?
2 Samuel 3:8
- Abner became furious. "Am I a Judean dog to be kicked around like this?" he shouted. "After all I have done for you and your father by not betraying you to David, is this my reward--that you find fault with me about this woman?
2 Samuel 3:30
- So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.
Luke 9:54
- When James and John heard about it, they said to Jesus, "Lord, should we order down fire from heaven to burn them up?"
Jeremiah 40:13
- Soon after this, Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
- They said to him, "Did you know that Baalis, king of Ammon, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?" But Gedaliah refused to believe them.
- Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. "Why should we let him come and murder you?" Johanan asked. "What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?"
- But Gedaliah said to Johanan, "I forbid you to do any such thing, for you are lying about Ishmael."
Job 31:30
- No, I have never cursed anyone or asked for revenge.
- My servants have never let others go hungry.
1 Peter 2:17
- Show respect for everyone. Love your Christian brothers and sisters. Fear God. Show respect for the king.
Acts 23:5
- "I'm sorry, brothers. I didn't realize he was the high priest," Paul replied, "for the Scriptures say, 'Do not speak evil of anyone who rules over you.'"
1 Samuel 26:6
- "Will anyone volunteer to go in there with me?" David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother. "I'll go with you," Abishai replied.
- So David and Abishai went right into Saul's camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the warriors were lying asleep around him.
- "God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!" Abishai whispered to David. "Let me thrust that spear through him. I'll pin him to the ground, and I won't need to strike twice!"
- "No!" David said. "Don't kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the LORD's anointed one?
- Surely the LORD will strike Saul down someday, or he will die in battle or of old age.