1 Kings 2:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.
  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright, for the end of that man is peace.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, says the LORD, for the wicked.
  • Isa 57:2 : 2 He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left: if harm befalls him on the journey in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:7-10
    4 verses
    86%

    7But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those that eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.

    8And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    9Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray head down to the grave with blood.

    10So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

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

    29And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

    33Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.

    34So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

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

    36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go anywhere else.

    37For it shall be that on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, you shall know certainly that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.

  • Gen 44:29
    73%

    29And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

  • 1 Kgs 1:52
    73%

    52And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    72%

    9And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
    72%

    44The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart knows very well, that you did to David my father; therefore the Lord will return your wickedness upon your own head.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12
    72%

    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you advice, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 18:5
    72%

    5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains orders concerning Absalom.

  • 2 Kgs 22:20
    71%

    20Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

  • Prov 16:31
    71%

    31Gray hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    71%

    20Whereas you came just yesterday, should I this day make you wander with us? seeing I go where I may, return, and take back your brethren: mercy and truth be with you.

  • 1 Sam 20:7
    71%

    7If he says thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he is very angry, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

  • 2 Sam 19:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6In that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for I perceive this day, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

    7Now therefore arise, go out, and speak kindly to your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night; and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.

  • Gen 15:15
    71%

    15And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

  • 2 Sam 3:29
    71%

    29Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

  • 2 Sam 16:9
    71%

    9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.

  • 2 Chr 34:28
    71%

    28Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

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

    20And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21Otherwise, it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders.

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

    10And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.

    11Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard to the oath of God.

  • 2 Sam 14:20
    70%

    20To change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    70%

    13Otherwise I should have acted falsely against my own life: for nothing is hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.

  • 1 Kgs 2:2
    70%

    2I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;

  • 2 Sam 11:25
    70%

    25Then David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab: Do not let this thing trouble you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it. So encourage him.

  • Gen 44:31
    70%

    31It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

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

    30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

    31that this will be no grief to you, nor a cause of remorse of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.

  • 1 Sam 25:26
    70%

    26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.

  • 1 Sam 24:11
    69%

    11Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the edge of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the edge of your robe and killed you not, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it.

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

    25And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.

    26And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are deserving of death, but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.

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

    36Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

    37Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    69%

    16And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.

  • 1 Sam 29:7
    69%

    7Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines.