2 Samuel 13:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Cross References

Genesis 24:50

Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good.

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Genesis 31:29

It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.’

2 Samuel 13:21

When King David heard of all these things, he became very angry, but he would not punish his son Amnon because he loved him, for he was his firstborn.

Proverbs 10:18

Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 25:9

Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret,

Proverbs 26:24

An enemy dissembles in speaking while harboring deceit within;

Proverbs 26:26

though hatred is covered with guile, the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Ephesians 4:31

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.

1 John 2:9

Whoever says, “I am in the light,” while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:15

All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.