Verse 6

For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 3:24-25 : 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go? 25 Is it not clear to you that Abner, the son of Ner, came with deceit to get knowledge of your going out and your coming in and of all you are doing?
• Job 34:18 : 18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
• Prov 19:9-9 : 9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off. 10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
• 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.