2 Samuel 15:3

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Summary

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

Thy matters

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Bible References

Thy matters

They were assembled in front of Moses and Aaron, and they said to them, "{You take too much upon yourselves}! All of the community is holy, every one of them, and Yahweh [is] in their midst, so why do you raise yourselves over the assembly of Yahweh?"

They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.

And in his place a despicable person will arise on whom they have not conferred the majesty of [the] kingdom, and he will come in {without warning} and he will seize [the] kingdom by deceit.

and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,

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David reigned over all of Israel, and he was administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

" 'And one who curses his father or his mother will surely be put to death.

[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil [of] a ruler of your people.'"

Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.