1 Kings 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But do not let him be free from punishment, for you are a wise man; and it will be clear to you what you have to do with him; see that his white head goes down to the underworld in blood.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:6 : 6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
  • Gen 44:31 : 31 When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
  • Job 9:28 : 28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 2:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

    6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

    7 But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.

    8 Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-37
    2 verses
    79%

    36 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Make a house for yourself in Jerusalem and keep there and go to no other place.

    37 For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.

  • 1 Kgs 2:42-44
    3 verses
    78%

    42 Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!

    43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

    44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

    32 And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

    16 And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

  • 2 Sam 4:11-12
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    74%

    11 How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

    12 And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 16:7-9
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    74%

    7 And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

    8 The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.

    9 Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    73%

    11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    72%

    5 For he put his life in danger and overcame the Philistine, and the Lord gave all Israel salvation: you saw it and were glad: why then are you sinning against him who has done no wrong, desiring the death of David without cause?

  • Deut 19:12-13
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    72%

    12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

    13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

    22 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

    23 So the king said to Shimei, You will not be put to death. And the king gave him his oath.

  • 1 Kgs 1:52
    72%

    52 And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.

  • 1 Sam 26:16
    71%

    16 What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

  • 1 Sam 26:9-10
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    71%

    9 And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

    10 And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

  • 2 Sam 19:19
    71%

    19 And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.

  • 1 Kgs 2:10
    71%

    10 Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 25:31
    71%

    31 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    70%

    16 And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

  • 1 Sam 24:17-19
    3 verses
    70%

    17 Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.

    18 And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

    19 And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.

  • 2 Sam 14:10
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    10 And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • 1 Sam 25:33
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    33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

  • 2 Sam 1:10
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    10 So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

  • Jer 18:23
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    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Deut 13:9
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    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

  • 1 Sam 20:31
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    31 For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

  • Gen 44:29
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    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26
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    26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your fields; for death would be your right reward; but I will not put you to death now, because you took up the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and you were with him in all his troubles.

  • 1 Sam 28:2
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    2 And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
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    8 So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    69%

    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • Hab 2:10
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    10 You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.