2 Samuel 3:33

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool?

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 13:12-13

But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing!

2 Samuel 13:28-29

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 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

Ecclesiastes 2:15-16

So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

Jeremiah 17:11

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

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Summary

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

General references

Bible References

As a fool dieth

2 Samuel 13:12
But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing!
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
Ecclesiastes 2:15
So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"
Jeremiah 17:11
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Luke 12:19
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'

General references

Ezekiel 32:16
This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord."

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