Proverbs 19:19 Cross References

Proverbs 19:19

19: Short-tempered people must pay their own penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.

As David and his party passed Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, a member of Saul's family.
He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded them.

And he said to David, "You are a better man than I am, for you have repaid me good for evil.
Yes, you have been wonderfully kind to me today, for when the LORD put me in a place where you could have killed me, you didn't do it.
Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the LORD reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.
And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and Israel will flourish under your rule.
Now, swear to me by the LORD that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!"

A person without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls.

"Listen here, you men of Benjamin!" Saul shouted when he heard the news. "Has David promised you fields and vineyards? Has he promised to make you commanders in his army?
Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you has ever told me that my own son is on David's side. You're not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son--encouraging David to try and kill me!"
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul's men, spoke up. "When I was at Nob," he said, "I saw David talking to Ahimelech the priest.
Ahimelech consulted the LORD to find out what David should do. Then he gave David food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.

Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. "You stupid son of a whore!" he swore at him. "Do you think I don't know that you want David to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother?
As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you'll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!"

Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong."
"Here is your spear, O king," David replied. "Let one of your young men come over and get it.
The LORD gives his own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the LORD placed you in my power, for you are the LORD's anointed one.
Now may the LORD value my life, even as I have valued yours today. May he rescue me from all my troubles."
And Saul said to David, "Blessings on you, my son David. You will do heroic deeds and be a great conqueror." Then David went away, and Saul returned home.

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