Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
Bloody man
Man of belial
General references
Bible References
Bloody man
2 Samuel 3:37
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.
2 Samuel 11:15
He wrote in the letter, “Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and leave him, so that he may be struck down and die.”
2 Samuel 12:9
Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Psalm 5:6
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psalm 51:14
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
Man of belial
Deuteronomy 13:13
that some worthless and evil men have gone out from among you and have tempted the inhabitants of their city [to sin], saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),
1 Samuel 2:12
The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the Lord
1 Samuel 25:17
Now then, know this and consider what you should do, for evil is [already] planned against our master and against all his household; but he is such a worthless and wicked man that one cannot speak [reasonably] to him.”
1 Kings 21:10
and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
General references
Job 31:29
“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
Proverbs 17:11
A rebellious man seeks only evil;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
A rebellious man seeks only evil;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.