2 Samuel 16:9

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:21

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 19:22

David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”

2 Samuel 3:30

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

2 Samuel 3:8

Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!

2 Samuel 9:8

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Luke 9:54

When his disciples, Jacob and Yochanan, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

Acts 23:5

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

1 Peter 2:17

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 Samuel 24:14

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?