2 Samuel 16:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, 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

And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son 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 there happened to be there a worthless fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 7:2

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

2 Kings 19:37

And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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 with shame of face to his own land. And 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 do thou bless! Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad!

Ezekiel 14:9

And if the prophet be deceived and speak 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 have life;

Matthew 10:21

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the 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 men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’