1 Kings 2:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his grey hair go down to the grave in peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Do therefore according to your wisdom, but let not his hoary head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

Common English Bible

⁶ So act wisely: Don’t allow him to die a peaceful death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, act according to your wisdom. And you shall not allow his gray head to be led away to death in peace.

1 Kings 2:6 Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 9:5

“But only your blood for your lives I require, from the hand of every beast I require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man.

2 Samuel 3:39

“And I am weak today, though anointed sovereign. And these men, the sons of Tseruyah, are too harsh for me. Let יהוה  repay the evil-doer according to his evil.”

1 Kings 2:7

“But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gilʽ

1 Kings 2:9

“And now, do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him, and shall bring his grey hair down to the grave with blood.”

1 Kings 3:12

see, I shall do according to your words. See, I shall give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there was none like you before you, and none like you shall arise after you.

2 Kings 22:20

“Therefore, see, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so that your eyes do not see all the evil I am bringing on this place.” ’ ” And they brought word to the sovereign.

Psalm 37:37

Watch the perfect, and observe the straight; For the latter end of each is peace.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise sovereign winnows out the wrong, And turns the wheel over them.

Proverbs 28:17

A man oppressed by blood-guilt flees into a pit; Let no one help him.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is filled in them to do evil.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for the wrong,” said יהוה.”

Isaiah 57:2

he enters into peace. They who walk in integrity rest on their beds.

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace,” said my Elohim, “for the wrong.”

Isaiah 65:20

“No more is an infant from there going to live but a few days, nor an old man who does not complete his days, for the youth dies one hundred years old, but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be lightly esteemed.

Numbers 35:33

‘And do not profane the land where you are, for blood profanes the land, and the land is not pardoned for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.