Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
The sons
Too hard
Bible References
I am
Exodus 21:12
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
Psalm 75:10
By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.
Proverbs 20:8
A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 25:5
Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.
Weak
1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.
Isaiah 7:4
And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.
The sons
1 Chronicles 2:15
Ozem, the sixth, David, the seventh;
Too hard
2 Samuel 19:6
For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your eyes.
The lord
1 Kings 2:5
Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.
Psalm 7:16
His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Psalm 28:4
Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
Psalm 62:12
And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works: