2 Samuel 15:4

He added, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land. Then anyone who had a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would make sure he received justice.”

Judges 9:29

If only these people were in my power, I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech, “Gather your army and come out.”

Judges 9:1-5

Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and spoke to them and to all his maternal grandfather’s clan, saying,

Proverbs 25:6

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.

Luke 14:8-11

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Bible References

Oh that i

Judges 9:1
Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and spoke to them and to all his maternal grandfather’s clan, saying,
Proverbs 25:6
Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
Luke 14:8
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

I would do

Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.

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