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 instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"
2 Samuel 18:14
Joab replied, "I will not wait around like this for you!" He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.
1 Kings 2:23
King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, "May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
Amos 7:9
Isaac's centers of worship will become desolate; Israel's holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam's dynasty with the sword."
Matthew 26:52
Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

Hast taken

Genesis 20:3
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else's wife."
Proverbs 6:32
A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

General references

Exodus 20:13
"You shall not murder.
Exodus 32:35
And the Lord sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf -- the one Aaron made.
Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Proverbs 7:26
for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
Jeremiah 34:6
The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

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