2 Samuel 16:7
And so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial!
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In The King James Version
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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1 Samuel 2:12But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
2 Samuel 3:37And every common person, and all of Israel, realized on that day that the killing of Abner, the son of Ner, had not been done by the king.
2 Samuel 12:9Therefore, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And you have taken his wife as a wife for yourself. And you have put him to death with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
1 Kings 21:13And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil, they caused them to sit opposite him. And they, acting indeed like diabolical men, spoke testimony against him before the multitude: “Naboth has blasphemed God and king.” For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city, and they put him to death by stoning.
Psalms 5:6And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.
Psalms 55:4From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:6-15
David Cursed by Shimei. ( b. c. 1023.) 5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all… Read the whole commentary →