2 Samuel 16:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.

Cross References

Genesis 15:4

But the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.”

Genesis 45:5

And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 7:2

the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”

2 Kings 19:37

As he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him.

2 Chronicles 32:21

And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in disgrace to his own land. When he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but you will bless. Let my assailants be put to shame; may your servant be glad.

Ezekiel 14:9

If a prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 20:25

Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

Matthew 10:21

Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

1 Samuel 26:19

Now, therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’