2 Samuel 16:7
“Get out of here, just get out, you murderer, you wicked man!” Shimei said as he cursed.
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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 2:12Eli's sons were worthless men who didn't have any time for the Lord
2 Samuel 3:37That day everyone in Judah and throughout Israel realized that David had not ordered Abner's murder.
2 Samuel 12:9So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 21:13Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord loathes bloodthirsty and deceptive people.
Psalms 55:4My heart thumps in agony! Terrified, I feel I'm about to die!
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 →