2 Samuel 16:10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?
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Genesis 50:20Ye took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is today, and much people might be fed.
2 Samuel 3:39And that I am this day a mere kinsman of his, and as it were a subject; but these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel 19:23And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.
1 Kings 22:21And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.
Job 9:12If he would take away, who shall turn him back? 1 Or who shall say to him, What hast thou done? 1
Lamentations 3:37Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? 1 The Lord has not commanded it. 1
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 →