2 Samuel 15:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Absalom added, Oh, that I were judge in the land! Then every man with any suit or cause might come to me and I would do him justice!

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

And whenever a man came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

Proverbs 25:6

Be not forward (self-assertive and boastfully ambitious) in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men;

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement–for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved.

Judges 9:29

Would that this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech and say to him, Increase your army and come out.