1 Kings 2:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Doe therefore according to thy wisdome, and let thou not his hoare head go downe to the graue in peace.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.
  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 Then tidings came to Ioab: (for Ioab had turned after Adoniiah, but he turned not after Absalom) and Ioab fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the hornes of the altar. 29 And it was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lorde, and beholde, he is by the altar. Then Salomon sent Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, saying, Goe, fall vpon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out; he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, & thus he answered me. 31 And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, & smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, fro me & from the house of my father. 32 And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah. 33 Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shal there be peace for euer from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, & smote him, and slewe him, & he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.
  • 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, & thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euil, which I will bring vpon this place. Thus they brought the King worde againe.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise King scattereth the wicked, & causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, sayeth the Lorde, vnto the wicked.
  • Isa 57:2 : 2 Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, sayth my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 There shall be no more there a childe of yeeres, nor an olde man that hath not filled his dayes: for he that shall be an hundreth yeeres old, shall dye as a yong man: but the sinner being an hundreth yeeres olde shall be accursed.
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye shall dwell: for blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be clensed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 2:7-10
    4 verses
    86%

    7But shew kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eate at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.

    8And beholde, with thee is Shimei the sonne of Gera, the sonne of Iemini, of Bahurim, which cursed mee with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but hee came downe to meete me at Iorden, & I sware to him by the Lorde, saying, I will not slay thee with the sword.

    9But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.

    10So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4That the Lorde may confirme his worde which hee spake vnto me, saying, If thy sonnes take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their hearts, and with all their soules, thou shalt not (sayd he) want one of thy posteritie vpon the throne of Israel.

    5Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captaines of the hostes of Israel, vnto Abner the sonne of Ner, and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether: whome he slewe, and shed blood of battell in peace, and put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes, and in his shooes that were on his feete.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29-34
    6 verses
    76%

    29And it was tolde king Salomon, that Ioab was fled vnto the Tabernacle of the Lorde, and beholde, he is by the altar. Then Salomon sent Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, saying, Goe, fall vpon him.

    30And Benaiah came to the Tabernacle of the Lord, & sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the King, Come out; he sayde, Nay, but I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the King worde againe, saying, Thus sayd Ioab, & thus he answered me.

    31And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, & smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, fro me & from the house of my father.

    32And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.

    33Their blood shall therefore returne vpon the head of Ioab, and on the head of his seede for euer: but vpon Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vpon his house, and vpon his throne shal there be peace for euer from the Lord.

    34So Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, & smote him, and slewe him, & he was buryed in his owne house in the wildernesse.

  • 1 Kgs 2:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36Afterwarde the King sent, & called Shimei, and sayde vnto him, Buylde thee an house in Ierusalem, and dwell there, and depart not thence any whither.

    37For that day that thou goest out, and passest ouer the riuer of Kidron, knowe assuredly, that thou shalt dye the death: thy blood shall be vpon thine owne head.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29Nowe yee take this also away from me: if death take him, then yee shall bring my graye head in sorowe to the graue.

  • 1 Kgs 1:52
    73%

    52Then Salomon sayd, If he will shewe him selfe a worthy man, there shall not an heare of him fall to the earth, but if wickednes be found in him, he shall dye.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    72%

    9And the King sayd vnto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    72%

    44The King sayde also to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickednes whereunto thine heart is priuie, that thou diddest to Dauid my father: the Lord therefore shall bring thy wickednesse vpon thine owne head.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12
    72%

    12Now therefore come, and I will now giue thee counsell, howe to saue thine owne life, and the life of thy sonne Salomon.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
    72%

    5And the King commanded Ioab and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Entreate the yong man Absalom gently for my sake; all the people heard whe the King gaue al the captaines charge concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Kgs 22:20
    71%

    20Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, & thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euil, which I will bring vpon this place. Thus they brought the King worde againe.

  • Prov 16:31
    71%

    31Age is a crowne of glory, when it is founde in the way of righteousnes.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    71%

    20Thou camest yesterday, and should I cause thee to wander to day and go with vs? I will goe whither I can: therefore returne thou and cary againe thy brethren: mercy & trueth be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
    71%

    7And if he say thus, It is well, thy seruant shall haue peace: but if he be angrie, be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him.

  • 2 Sam 19:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6In that thou louest thine enemies, and hatest thy friendes: for thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither thy princes nor seruants: therefore this day I perceiue, that if Absalom had liued, and we all had dyed this day, that then it would haue pleased thee well.

    7Nowe therefore vp, come out, and speake comfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lorde, except thou come out, there will not tarie one man with thee this night: and that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euill that fell on thee from thy youth hitherto.

  • Gen 15:15
    71%

    15But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.

  • 2 Sam 3:29
    71%

    29Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab, and on all his fathers house, that the house of Ioab be neuer without some that haue running issues, or leper, or that leaneth on a staffe, or that doeth fall on the sworde, or that lacketh bread.

  • 2 Sam 16:9
    71%

    9Then saide Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah vnto the King, Why doeth this dead dog curse my lord the King? let me goe, I pray thee, and take away his head.

  • 2 Chr 34:28
    71%

    28Beholde, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt bee put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euill, which I will bring vpon this place, & vpon the inhabitants of the same. Thus they brought ye King word againe.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And thou, my lorde, O King, knowest that the eyes of all Israel are on thee, that thou shouldest tell them, who shoulde sit on the throne of my lord the King after him.

    21For els when my lord the King shall sleepe with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomon shalbe reputed vile.

  • 2 Sam 14:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10And the King sayde, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shall touche thee no more.

    11Then said she, I pray thee, let the King remember the Lorde thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer many reuengers of blood to destroy, lest they slay my sonne; he answered, As the Lord liueth, there shal not one heare of thy sonne fall to the earth.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

  • 2 Sam 14:20
    70%

    20For to the intent that I should chage the forme of speech, thy seruant Ioab hath done this thing: but my lord is wise according to the wisdome of an Angel of God to vnderstande all things that are in the earth.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    70%

    13If I had done it, it had bene the danger of my life: for nothing can be hid from the King: yea, thou thy selfe wouldest haue bin against me.

  • 1 Kgs 2:2
    70%

    2I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man,

  • 2 Sam 11:25
    70%

    25Then Dauid said vnto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say vnto Ioab, Let not this thing trouble thee: for the sworde deuoureth one as well as another: make thy battell more strong against the citie & destroy it, & encourage thou him.

  • Gen 44:31
    70%

    31Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-31
    2 verses
    70%

    30And when the Lorde shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promised thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel,

    31Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of minde vnto my lord, that he hath not shed blood causelesse, nor that my lorde hath not preserued him selfe: and when the Lorde shall haue dealt well with my lorde, remember thine handmaide.

  • 1 Sam 25:26
    70%

    26Now therefore my lord, as the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth (the Lorde, I say, that hath withholden thee from coming to shedde blood, & that thine hand should not saue thee) so now thine enemies shall be as Nabal, and they that intend to doe my lord euill.

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    69%

    11(24:12) Moreouer my father, behold: behold, I say, the lappe of thy garment in mine hand: for when I cut off the lappe of thy garment, I killed thee not. Vnderstad & see, that there is neither euil nor wickednesse in mee, neither haue I sinned against thee, yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

  • 1 Kgs 2:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25And King Salomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and hee smote him that he dyed.

    26Then the King sayd vnto Abiathar the Priest, Go to Anathoth vnto thine owne fieldes: for thou art worthy of death: but I will not this day kill thee, because thou barest the Arke of the Lorde God before Dauid my father, and because thou hast suffered in all, wherein my father hath bene afflicted.

  • 2 Sam 19:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36Thy seruant will goe a litle way ouer Iorden with the King, and why wil the king recompence it me with such a rewarde?

    37I pray thee, let thy seruant turne backe againe, that I may die in mine owne citie, and be buryed in the graue of my father and of my mother: but beholde thy seruant Chimham, let him goe with my lorde the king, and doe to him what shall please thee.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    69%

    16Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

  • 1 Sam 29:7
    69%

    7Wherefore nowe returne, and go in peace, that thou displease not the princes of the Philistims.