2 Samuel 15:4

New Living Translation

I wish I were the judge. Then everyone could bring their cases to me for judgment, and I would give them justice!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:5

When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.

Proverbs 25:6

Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.

Proverbs 27:2

Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

Judges 9:29

If I were in charge here, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say to him, ‘Get some soldiers, and come out and fight!’”