2 Samuel 15:3

Modern English Version

Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claim is good and right, but there is no one to hear you on behalf of the king.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4

Absalom would continue, “If I were appointed a judge in the land, then every man who had a claim could come and I would give him justice.”

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all of Israel, and he administered fair judgments to all of his people.

Psalm 12:2

They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:17

He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices will He condemn.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father, and does not bless its mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pluck it out, and the young vultures will eat it.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they have vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Daniel 11:21

“In his place a vile person shall stand up, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom. But he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Numbers 16:3

They assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Acts 23:5

Paul said, “Brothers, I did not know that he was the high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.’ ”

1 Peter 2:17

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who walk after the flesh in pursuit of unclean desires, and despise authority. They are presumptuous and arrogant, and are not afraid to slander the angelic beings.