2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is the son of thy master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.
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Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
2 Samuel 9:9And the king called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him, All that + 9:9 Gr. belongs.belonged to Saul and to all his house have I given to the son of thy lord.
2 Samuel 19:28And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king is as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Psalms 88:18For thou art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,
Proverbs 1:19These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 16:2-5
Ziba's Calumny. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in… Read the whole commentary →