1 Chronicles 16:21
He suffered no man to oppress them, And reproved kings for their sakes,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
In Context
20And they went from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.
22[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
Cross References
Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art [but] a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Genesis 31:29It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Exodus 7:15Go unto Pharaoh in the morning behold, he will go out unto the water and take thy stand by the bank of the river in front of him; and take in thy hand the staff that was turned into a serpent.
Zephaniah 2:10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 16:8-37
David's Psalm of Praise. ( b. c. 1045.) 7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 8 Give thanks unto the Lord , call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord . 11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his… Read the whole commentary →