2 Samuel 15:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Absalom would say, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no one deputed by the king to hear you.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:4

Absalom would also say, “If only I were judge in the land! Then all who had a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give them justice.”

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Exodus 20:12

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

Exodus 21:17

“Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

Proverbs 12:2

The good obtain favor from the Lord, but those who devise evil he condemns.

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 and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.

Daniel 11:21

In his place shall arise a contemptible person on whom royal majesty had not been conferred; he shall come in suddenly and seize the kingdom through intrigue.

Numbers 16:3

They assembled against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a leader of your people.’ ”

1 Peter 2:17

Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

2 Peter 2:10

—especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority. Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,