2 Samuel 16:8

New Century Version

The Lord is punishing you for the people in Saul’s family you killed! You took Saul’s place as king, but now the Lord has given the kingdom to your son Absalom! Now you are ruined because you are a murderer!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:16

David had said to the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You confessed by saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s appointed king.’ ”

2 Samuel 19:19

He said to the king, “My master, don’t hold me guilty. Don’t remember the wrong I did when you left Jerusalem! Don’t hold it against me.

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shimei should die because he cursed you, the Lord’s appointed king!”

2 Samuel 21:1

During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 21:9

David gave these seven sons to the Gibeonites. Then the Gibeonites killed them and hung them on stakes on a hill in the presence of the Lord. All seven sons died together. They were put to death during the first days of the harvest season at the beginning of barley harvest.

1 Kings 2:8

“And remember, Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite, is here with you. He cursed me the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I promised him before the Lord, ‘Shimei, I will not kill you.’

Psalm 3:2

Many are saying about me, “God won’t rescue him.”Selah

Psalm 4:2

People, how long will you turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is false and look for new lies?Selah

Psalm 55:3

by what the enemy says and how the wicked look at me. They bring troubles down on me, and in anger they attack me.

Psalm 7:4

Have I done wrong to my friend or stolen without reason from my enemy?

Proverbs 26:2

Curses will not harm someone who is innocent; they are like sparrows or swallows that fly around and never land.

Revelation 16:6

They have poured out the blood of your holy people and your prophets. So now you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”

Judges 9:24

Abimelech had killed Gideon’s seventy sons, his own brothers, and the leaders of Shechem had helped him. So God sent the evil spirit to punish them.