Verse 4

Absalom{H53} said{H559} moreover, Oh that I were made{H7760} judge{H8199} in the land,{H776} that every man{H376} who hath any suit{H7379} or cause{H4941} might come{H935} unto me, and I would do him justice!{H6663}

Referenced Verses

• Judg 9:29 : 29 And would that this people{H5971} were under{H5414} my hand!{H3027} then would I remove{H5493} Abimelech.{H40} And he said{H559} to Abimelech,{H40} Increase{H7235} thine army,{H6635} and come out.{H3318}
• Prov 25:6 : 6 Put not thyself forward{H1921} in the presence{H6440} of the king,{H4428} And stand{H5975} not in the place{H4725} of great{H1419} men:
• Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man{H2114} praise{H1984} thee, and not thine own mouth;{H6310} A stranger,{H5237} and not thine own lips.{H8193}
• Luke 14:8-9 : 8 When{G3752} thou art bidden{G2564} of{G5259} any{G5100} man to{G1519} a marriage{G1062} feast, sit{G2625} not{G3361} down{G2625} in{G1519} the chief seat;{G4411} lest{G3379} haply a more honorable man{G1784} than thou{G4675} be{G5600} bidden{G2564} of{G5259} him,{G846} 9 and{G2532} he{G3588} that bade{G2564} thee{G4571} and{G2532} him{G846} shall come{G2064} and say{G2046} to thee,{G4671} Give{G1325} this man{G5129} place;{G5117} and{G2532} then{G5119} thou{G756} shalt begin{G756} with{G3326} shame{G152} to take{G2722} the lowest{G2078} place.{G5117} 10 But{G235} when{G3752} thou art bidden,{G2564} go{G4198} and sit down{G377} in{G1519} the lowest{G2078} place;{G5117} that{G2443} when{G3752} he that hath bidden{G2564} thee{G4571} cometh,{G2064} he may say{G2036} to thee,{G4671} Friend,{G5384} go up{G4320} higher:{G511} then{G5119} shalt{G2071} thou{G4671} have glory{G1391} in the presence{G1799} of all that{G3588} sit at meat with{G4873} thee.{G4671} 11 For{G3754} every one{G3956} that exalteth{G5312} himself{G1438} shall be humbled;{G5013} and{G2532} he that{G3588} humbleth{G5013} himself{G1438} shall be exalted.{G5312}
• 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 promising{G1861} them{G846} liberty,{G1657} while they themselves{G846} are{G5225} bondservants{G1401} of corruption;{G5356} for{G1063} of whom{G3739} a man{G5100} is overcome,{G2274} of the same{G5129} is he also brought into bondage.{G1402}
• Judg 9:1-5 : 1 And Abimelech{H40} the son{H1121} of Jerubbaal{H3378} went{H3212} to Shechem{H7927} unto his mother's{H517} brethren,{H251} and spake{H1696} with them, and with all the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of his mother's{H517} father,{H1} saying,{H559} 2 Speak,{H1696} I pray you, in the ears{H241} of all the men{H1167} of Shechem,{H7927} Whether is better{H2896} for you, that all the sons{H1121} of Jerubbaal,{H3378} who are threescore and ten{H7657} persons,{H376} rule{H4910} over you, or that one{H259} rule{H4910} over you? remember{H2142} also that I am your bone{H6106} and your flesh.{H1320} 3 And his mother's{H517} brethren{H251} spake{H1696} of him in the ears{H241} of all the men{H1167} of Shechem{H7927} all these words:{H1697} and their hearts{H3820} inclined{H5186} to follow{H310} Abimelech;{H40} for they said,{H559} He is our brother.{H251} 4 And they gave{H5414} him threescore and ten{H7657} [pieces] of silver{H3701} out of the house{H1004} of Baal-berith,{H1170} wherewith Abimelech{H40} hired{H7936} vain{H7386} and light{H6348} fellows,{H582} who followed{H3212} him.{H310} 5 And he went{H935} unto his father's{H1} house{H1004} at Ophrah,{H6084} and slew{H2026} his brethren{H251} the sons{H1121} of Jerubbaal,{H3378} being threescore and ten{H7657} persons,{H376} upon one{H259} stone:{H68} but Jotham{H3147} the youngest{H6996} son{H1121} of Jerubbaal{H3378} was left;{H3498} for he hid{H2244} himself.