2 Samuel 15:3

New International Version

Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4

And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:17

“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.

Proverbs 12:2

Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

Proverbs 30:11

“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

Proverbs 30:17

“The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

Ezekiel 22:7

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Daniel 11:21

“He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.

Numbers 16:3

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

Acts 23:5

Paul replied, “Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

1 Peter 2:17

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

2 Peter 2:10

This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;