1 Kings 2:44

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Then the king said to Shimei,“You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The LORD will punish you for what you did.

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  • 2 Sam 16:5-9 : 5 Shimei Curses David and His Men Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached. 6 He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left. 7 As he yelled curses, Shimei said,“Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! 8 The LORD has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!” 9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king,“Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!” 10 But the king said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the LORD has said to him,‘Curse David!’, who can say to him,‘Why have you done this?’” 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him. 12 Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.” 13 So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.
  • Ps 7:16 : 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ezek 17:19 : 19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said,“Praised be the LORD who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! The LORD has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.
  • Hos 4:9 : 9 I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.
  • John 8:9 : 9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
  • 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. 33 May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the LORD give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”

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  • 1 Kgs 2:36-39
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    36Next the king summoned Shimei and told him,“Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there– but you may not leave there to go anywhere!

    37If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.”

    38Shimei said to the king,“My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

    39Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told,“Look, your servants are in Gath.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:41-43
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    41When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

    42the king summoned Shimei and said to him,“You will recall that I made you take an oath by the LORD, and I solemnly warned you,‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me,‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’

    43Why then have you broken the oath you made before the LORD and disobeyed the order I gave you?”

  • 1 Kgs 2:8-9
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    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

    9But now don’t treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death.”

  • 2 Sam 16:7-8
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    7As he yelled curses, Shimei said,“Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!

    8The LORD has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

  • 2 Sam 19:19
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    19He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-33
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    31The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.

    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

    33May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the LORD give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
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    45But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the LORD.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4-6
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    4and the LORD will fulfill his promise to me,‘If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,’ he promised,‘you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

    5“You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet.

    6Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.

  • Ps 7:16
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    16He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

  • Hab 2:10
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    10Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
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    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

  • 1 Sam 12:25
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    25But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

  • 2 Sam 16:5
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    5Shimei Curses David and His Men Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.

  • 2 Sam 19:21-23
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    21Abishai son of Zeruiah replied,“For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the LORD’s anointed!”

    22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

    23The king said to Shimei,“You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath concerning this.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20-21
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    20Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne.

    21If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

  • 1 Sam 24:17
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    17He said to David,“You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

  • Obad 1:15
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    15The Coming Day of the Lord“For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23-24
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    23King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

    24Now, as certainly as the LORD lives(he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!”

  • 2 Sam 16:12-13
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    12Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

    13So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:32
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    32Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

  • 2 Sam 3:25
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    25You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • 1 Sam 25:21
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    21Now David had been thinking,“In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

  • 1 Kgs 3:6
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    6Solomon replied,“You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
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    23listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

  • 1 Sam 28:17
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    17The LORD has done exactly as I prophesied! The LORD has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16But the king said,“You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!”

  • Jer 18:23
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    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • 2 Sam 12:6-7
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    6Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”

    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 12:12
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    12Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”

  • Jer 4:18
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    18“The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”

  • 2 Sam 15:34
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    34But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom,‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’