2 Samuel 16:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants: “If my own son, who came forth from my loins, is seeking my life, how much more might this Benjaminite do so! Let him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

Cross References

Genesis 15:4

Then the word of the Lord came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.

Genesis 45:5

But now do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and cried out, “We have no share in David, nor any heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 7:2

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent!”

2 Kings 19:37

When he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 32:21

Then the Lord sent an angel, who destroyed every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king, so that he had to return shamefaced to his own country. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down there with the sword.

Psalm 109:28

Though they curse, may you bless; arise, shame them, that your servant may rejoice.

Ezekiel 14:9

As for the prophet, if he speaks a deceiving word, I the Lord am the one who deceives that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 20:25

Therefore I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances through which they could not have life.

Matthew 10:21

Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

1 Samuel 26:19

Please, now, let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may an offering please the Lord. But if it is the people who have done so, may they be cursed before the Lord. They have driven me away so that today I have no share in the Lord’s heritage, but am told: ‘Go serve other gods!’