Proverbs 17:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

An evil person desires only rebellion; a cruel messenger  , will be sent against him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:15

ten young men who were Joab’s armour-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in Solomon’s hand.

Luke 19:27

But bring here these enemies of mine,   who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter   them in my presence.” ’

Matthew 22:7

The king   was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.

Matthew 21:41

‘He will completely destroy those terrible men,’ they told him, ‘and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.’

1 Kings 2:31

The king said to him, ‘Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s family the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel,  and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  Israel!

2 Samuel 18:19

Ahimaaz son of Zadok  said, ‘Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him by freeing him from his enemies.’

2 Samuel 15:12

While he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for David’s adviser Ahithophel the Gilonite,  from his city of Giloh. So the conspiracy grew strong, and the people supporting Absalom continued to increase.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:12

Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the  Lord, as well as the king, and don’t associate with rebels,