2 Samuel 16:9

Shimei Curses David

⁸ LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose stead thou have reigned. And LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son, and, behold, thou are [taken] in thine own mischief because thou ⁹ Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. ¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because LORD has said to him, Curse David, who then shall say, Why have thou done so?

My Lord the King

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Abishai

David

Zeruiah

Exodus 22:28

Thou shall not revile the gods, nor {speak maliciously (LXX/NT)} of a ruler of thy people.

2 Samuel 9:8

And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant that thou should look upon such a dead dog as I am?

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

2 Samuel 3:8

Then Abner was very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day I show kindness to the house of Saul thy father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee i

1 Samuel 26:6-11

Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

2 Samuel 3:30

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Job 31:30-31

(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

Jeremiah 40:13-16

Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,

Luke 9:54

And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?

Acts 23:5

And Paul said, I had not known, brothers, that he is high priest, for it is written, Thou shall not speak ill of a ruler of thy people.

1 Peter 2:17

Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.