2 Samuel 16:10

Good News Translation (US Version)

“This is none of your business,” the king said to Abishai and his brother Joab. “If he curses me because the Lord told him to, who has the right to ask why he does it?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:22

But David said to Abishai and his brother Joab, “Who asked your opinion? Are you going to give me trouble? I am the one who is king of Israel now, and no Israelite will be put to death today.”

Romans 9:20

But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”

John 18:11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”

1 Peter 2:23

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

Matthew 16:23

Jesus turned around and said to Peter, “Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature.”

Daniel 4:35

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

2 Samuel 3:39

Even though I am the king chosen by God, I feel weak today. These sons of Zeruiah are too violent for me. May the Lord punish these criminals as they deserve!”

Genesis 50:20

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

The king acts with authority, and no one can challenge what he does.

Job 9:12

He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, “What are you doing?”

2 Kings 18:25

Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the Lord's help? The Lord himself told me to attack it and destroy it.”

1 Kings 2:5

“There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace as revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men, and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences.

Matthew 8:29

At once they screamed, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come to punish us before the right time?”

1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, “Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?”

Psalm 39:9

I will keep quiet, I will not say a word, for you are the one who made me suffer like this.

1 Samuel 26:19

Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the Lord who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the Lord's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the Lord's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.

2 Samuel 19:23

And he said to Shimei, “I give you my word that you will not be put to death.”

Lamentations 3:37

The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.