Verse 3

And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
• Exod 21:17 : 17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
• Num 16:3 : 3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
• Num 16:13-14 : 13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us? 14 And more than this, you have not taken us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us a heritage of fields and vine-gardens: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
• 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
• Ps 12:2 : 2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
• Prov 12:2 : 2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.
• Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
• Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
• Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
• Dan 11:21 : 21 And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.
• Matt 15:4 : 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
• Acts 23:5 : 5 And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
• 2 Pet 2:10 : 10 But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places: