Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

Bible References

The sword

2 Samuel 13:28
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “See now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then put him to death. Do not fear; have not I myself commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”
2 Samuel 18:14
Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
1 Kings 2:23
Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, “May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
Amos 7:9
“The high places of Isaac will be desolated
And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.
Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Matthew 26:52
Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

Hast taken

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.”
Proverbs 6:32
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself does it.

General references

Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Exodus 32:35
Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.
Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Proverbs 7:26
For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!
Jeremiah 34:6
Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem