Verse 12

If a ruler{H4910} hearkeneth{H7181} to falsehood,{H1697} All his servants{H8334} are wicked.{H7563}

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 22:8-9 : 8 that all of you have conspired{H7194} against me, and there is none that discloseth{H1540} to me when my son{H1121} maketh a league{H3772} with the son{H1121} of Jesse,{H3448} and there is none of you that is sorry{H2470} for me, or discloseth{H1540} unto me that my son{H1121} hath stirred up{H6965} my servant{H5650} against me, to lie in wait,{H693} as at this day?{H3117} 9 Then answered{H6030} Doeg{H1673} the Edomite,{H130} who stood{H5324} by the servants{H5650} of Saul,{H7586} and said,{H559} I saw{H7200} the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448} coming{H935} to Nob,{H5011} to Ahimelech{H288} the son{H1121} of Ahitub.{H285} 10 And he inquired{H7592} of Jehovah{H3068} for him, and gave{H5414} him victuals,{H6720} and gave{H5414} him the sword{H2719} of Goliath{H1555} the Philistine.{H6430} 11 Then the king{H4428} sent{H7971} to call{H7121} Ahimelech{H288} the priest,{H3548} the son{H1121} of Ahitub,{H285} and all his father's{H1} house,{H1004} the priests{H3548} that were in Nob:{H5011} and they came{H935} all of them to the king.{H4428} 12 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Hear{H8085} now, thou son{H1121} of Ahitub.{H285} And he answered,{H559} Here I am, my lord.{H113} 13 And Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto him, Why have ye conspired{H7194} against me, thou and the son{H1121} of Jesse,{H3448} in that thou hast given{H5414} him bread,{H3899} and a sword,{H2719} and hast inquired{H7592} of God{H430} for him, that he should rise{H6965} against me, to lie in wait,{H693} as at this day?{H3117} 14 Then Ahimelech{H288} answered{H6030} the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} And who among all thy servants{H5650} is so faithful{H539} as David,{H1732} who is the king's{H4428} son-in-law,{H2860} and is taken{H5493} into thy council,{H4928} and is honorable{H3513} in thy house?{H1004} 15 Have I to-day{H3117} begun{H2490} to inquire{H7592} of God{H430} for him? be it far from me:{H2486} let not the king{H4428} impute{H7760} anything{H1697} unto his servant,{H5650} nor to all the house{H1004} of my father;{H1} for thy servant{H5650} knoweth{H3045} nothing{H1697} of all this, less{H6996} or more.{H1419} 16 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Thou shalt surely{H4191} die,{H4191} Ahimelech,{H288} thou, and all thy father's{H1} house.{H1004} 17 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto the guard{H7323} that stood{H5324} about him, Turn,{H5437} and slay{H4191} the priests{H3548} of Jehovah;{H3068} because their hand{H3027} also is with David,{H1732} and because they knew{H3045} that he fled,{H1272} and did not disclose{H1540} it to me. But the servants{H5650} of the king{H4428} would{H14} not put forth{H7971} their hand{H3027} to fall{H6293} upon the priests{H3548} of Jehovah.{H3068} 18 And the king{H4428} said{H559} to Doeg,{H1673} Turn{H5437} thou, and fall{H6293} upon the priests.{H3548} And Doeg{H1673} the Edomite{H130} turned,{H5437} and he fell{H6293} upon the priests,{H3548} and he slew{H4191} on that day{H3117} fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} persons{H376} that did wear{H5375} a linen{H906} ephod.{H646} 19 And Nob,{H5011} the city{H5892} of the priests,{H3548} smote{H5221} he with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} both men{H376} and women,{H802} children{H5768} and sucklings,{H3243} and oxen{H7794} and asses{H2543} and sheep,{H7716} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719} 20 And one{H259} of the sons{H1121} of Ahimelech,{H288} the son{H1121} of Ahitub,{H285} named{H8034} Abiathar,{H54} escaped,{H4422} and fled{H1272} after{H310} David.{H1732} 21 And Abiathar{H54} told{H5046} David{H1732} that Saul{H7586} had slain{H2026} Jehovah's{H3068} priests.{H3548} 22 And David{H1732} said{H559} unto Abiathar,{H54} I knew{H3045} on that day,{H3117} when Doeg{H1673} the Edomite{H130} was there, that he would surely{H5046} tell{H5046} Saul:{H7586} I have occasioned{H5437} [the death] of all the persons{H5315} of thy father's{H1} house.{H1004} 23 Abide{H3427} thou with me, fear{H3372} not; for he that seeketh{H1245} my life{H5315} seeketh{H1245} thy life:{H5315} for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.{H4931}
  • 1 Sam 23:19-23 : 19 Then came up{H5927} the Ziphites{H2130} to Saul{H7586} to Gibeah,{H1390} saying,{H559} Doth not David{H1732} hide{H5641} himself with us in the strongholds{H4679} in the wood,{H2793} in the hill{H1389} of Hachilah,{H2444} which is on the south{H3225} of the desert?{H3452} 20 Now therefore, O king,{H4428} come down,{H3381} according to all the desire{H185} of thy soul{H5315} to come down;{H3381} and our part shall be to deliver{H5462} him up into the king's{H4428} hand.{H3027} 21 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be ye of Jehovah;{H3068} for ye have had compassion{H2550} on me. 22 Go,{H3212} I pray you, make{H3559} yet more sure, and know{H3045} and see{H7200} his place{H4725} where his haunt{H7272} is, [and] who hath seen{H7200} him there; for it is told{H559} me that he dealeth very{H6191} subtly.{H6191} 23 See{H7200} therefore, and take knowledge{H3045} of all the lurking-places{H4224} where he hideth{H2244} himself, and come ye again{H7725} to me of a certainty,{H3559} and I will go{H1980} with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be{H3426} in the land,{H776} that I will search{H2664} him out among all the thousands{H505} of Judah.{H3063}
  • 2 Sam 3:7-9 : 7 Now Saul{H7586} had a concubine,{H6370} whose name{H8034} was Rizpah,{H7532} the daughter{H1323} of Aiah:{H345} and [Ish-bosheth] said{H559} to Abner,{H74} Wherefore hast thou gone in{H935} unto my father's{H1} concubine?{H6370} 8 Then was Abner{H74} very{H3966} wroth{H2734} for the words{H1697} of Ish-bosheth,{H378} and said,{H559} Am I a dog's{H3611} head{H7218} that belongeth to Judah?{H3063} This day{H3117} do I show{H6213} kindness{H2617} unto the house{H1004} of Saul{H7586} thy father,{H1} to his brethren,{H251} and to his friends,{H4828} and have not delivered{H4672} thee into the hand{H3027} of David;{H1732} and yet thou chargest{H6485} me this day{H3117} with a fault{H5771} concerning this woman.{H802} 9 God{H430} do{H6213} so to Abner,{H74} and more also,{H3254} if, as Jehovah{H3068} hath sworn{H7650} to David,{H1732} I do{H6213} not even so to him; 10 to transfer{H5674} the kingdom{H4467} from the house{H1004} of Saul,{H7586} and to set up{H6965} the throne{H3678} of David{H1732} over Israel{H3478} and over Judah,{H3063} from Dan{H1835} even to Beer-sheba.{H884} 11 And he could{H3201} not answer{H7725} Abner{H74} another word,{H1697} because he feared{H3372} him.
  • 2 Sam 4:5-9 : 5 And the sons{H1121} of Rimmon{H7417} the Beerothite,{H886} Rechab{H7394} and Baanah,{H1196} went,{H3212} and came{H935} about the heat{H2527} of the day{H3117} to the house{H1004} of Ish-bosheth,{H378} as he took{H7901} his rest{H4904} at noon.{H6672} 6 And they came thither{H935} into the midst{H8432} of the house,{H1004} as though they would have fetched{H3947} wheat;{H2406} and they smote{H5221} him in the body:{H2570} and Rechab{H7394} and Baanah{H1196} his brother{H251} escaped.{H4422} 7 Now when they came{H935} into the house,{H1004} as he lay{H7901} on his bed{H4296} in his bedchamber,{H2315} they smote{H5221} him, and slew{H4191} him, and beheaded{H5493} him, and took{H3947} his head,{H7218} and went{H3212} by the way{H1870} of the Arabah{H6160} all night.{H3915} 8 And they brought{H935} the head{H7218} of Ish-bosheth{H378} unto David{H1732} to Hebron,{H2275} and said{H559} to the king,{H4428} Behold, the head{H7218} of Ish-bosheth,{H378} the son{H1121} of Saul,{H7586} thine enemy,{H341} who sought{H1245} thy life;{H5315} and Jehovah{H3068} hath{H5414} avenged{H5360} my lord{H3068} the king{H4428} this day{H3117} of Saul,{H7586} and of his seed.{H2233} 9 And David{H1732} answered{H6030} Rechab{H7394} and Baanah{H1196} his brother,{H251} the sons{H1121} of Rimmon{H7417} the Beerothite,{H886} and said{H559} unto them, As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who hath redeemed{H6299} my soul{H5315} out of all adversity,{H6869} 10 when one told{H5046} me, saying,{H559} Behold, Saul{H7586} is dead,{H4191} thinking to have brought{H5869} good tidings,{H1319} I took hold{H270} of him, and slew{H2026} him in Ziklag,{H6860} which was the reward I gave{H5414} him for his tidings.{H1309} 11 How much more, when wicked{H7563} men{H582} have slain{H2026} a righteous{H6662} person{H376} in his own house{H1004} upon his bed,{H4904} shall I not now require{H1245} his blood{H1818} of your hand,{H3027} and take you away{H1197} from the earth?{H776} 12 And David{H1732} commanded{H6680} his young men,{H5288} and they slew{H2026} them, and cut off{H7112} their hands{H3027} and their feet,{H7272} and hanged them up{H8518} beside the pool{H1295} in Hebron.{H2275} But they took{H3947} the head{H7218} of Ish-bosheth,{H378} and buried{H6912} it in the grave{H6913} of Abner{H74} in Hebron.{H2275}
  • 1 Kgs 21:11-13 : 11 And the men{H582} of his city,{H5892} even the elders{H2205} and the nobles{H2715} who dwelt{H3427} in his city,{H5892} did{H6213} as Jezebel{H348} had sent{H7971} unto them, according as it was written{H3789} in the letters{H5612} which she had sent{H7971} unto them. 12 They proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and set{H3427} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people.{H5971} 13 And the two{H8147} men,{H582} the base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} came{H935} in and sat{H3427} before him: and the base{H1100} fellows{H582} bare witness{H5749} against him, even against Naboth,{H5022} in the presence of the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Naboth{H5022} did curse{H1288} God{H430} and the king.{H4428} Then they carried him forth{H3318} out{H2351} of the city,{H5892} and stoned{H5619} him to death{H4191} with stones.{H68}
  • 2 Kgs 10:6-7 : 6 Then he wrote{H3789} a letter{H5612} the second time{H8145} to them, saying,{H559} If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} take{H3947} ye the heads{H7218} of the men{H582} your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and come{H935} to me to Jezreel{H3157} by to-morrow{H4279} this time.{H6256} Now the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} being seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} were with the great men{H1419} of the city,{H5892} who brought them up.{H1431} 7 And it came to pass, when the letter{H5612} came{H935} to them, that they took{H3947} the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them, even seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} and put{H7760} their heads{H7218} in baskets,{H1731} and sent{H7971} them unto him to Jezreel.{H3157}
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue{H3956} deviseth{H2803} very wickedness,{H1942} Like a sharp{H3913} razor,{H8593} working{H6213} deceitfully.{H7423} 3 Thou lovest{H157} evil{H7451} more than good,{H2896} And lying{H8267} rather than to speak{H1696} righteousness.{H6664} {H5542} 4 Thou lovest{H157} all devouring{H1105} words,{H1697} O thou deceitful{H4820} tongue.{H3956}
  • Ps 101:5-7 : 5 Whoso privily{H5643} slandereth{H3960} his neighbor,{H7453} him will I destroy:{H6789} Him that hath a high{H1362} look{H5869} and a proud{H7342} heart{H3824} will I not suffer.{H3201} 6 Mine eyes{H5869} shall be upon the faithful{H539} of the land,{H776} that they may dwell{H3427} with me: He that walketh{H1980} in a perfect{H8549} way,{H1870} he shall minister{H8334} unto me. 7 He that worketh{H6213} deceit{H7423} shall not dwell{H3427} within{H7130} my house:{H1004} He that speaketh{H1696} falsehood{H8267} shall not be established{H3559} before mine eyes.{H5869}
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king{H4428} that sitteth on{H3427} the throne{H3678} of judgment{H1779} Scattereth away{H2219} all evil{H7451} with his eyes.{H5869}
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north{H6828} wind{H7307} bringeth forth{H2342} rain:{H1653} So doth a backbiting{H5643} tongue{H3956} an angry{H2194} countenance.{H6440}