2 Samuel 3:33

The Message

Then the king sang this tribute to Abner: Can this be? Abner dead like a nameless bum? You were a free man, free to go and do as you wished— Yet you fell as a victim in a street brawl. And all the people wept—a crescendo of crying!

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David sang this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan, and gave orders that everyone in Judah learn it by heart. Yes, it’s even inscribed in The Book of Jashar.

Proverbs 18:7

Fools are undone by their big mouths; their souls are crushed by their words.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a cowbird that cheats by laying its eggs in another bird’s nest Is the person who gets rich by cheating. When the eggs hatch, the deceit is exposed. What a fool he’ll look like then! * * *

Ezekiel 32:16

“This is a funeral song. Chant it. Daughters of the nations, chant it. Chant it over Egypt for the death of its pomp.” Decree of God, the Master.