Even though I am the king chosen by God, I feel weak today. These sons of Zeruiah are too violent for me. May the LORD punish these criminals as they deserve!"

But David said to Abishai and his brother Joab, "Who asked your opinion? Are you going to give me trouble? I am the one who is king of Israel now, and no Israelite will be put to death today."

"There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace as revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men, and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences.

Jesus turned around and said to Peter, "Get away from me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because these thoughts of yours don't come from God, but from human nature."

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?"

Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good, in order to preserve the lives of many people who are alive today because of what happened.

until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.'

And Micaiah concluded: "This is what has happened. The LORD has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!"

Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me to attack it and destroy it."

Good and evil alike take place at his command.

Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?

Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?"

He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, "What are you doing?"

The king acts with authority, and no one can challenge what he does.

He looks on the people of the earth as nothing; angels in heaven and people on earth are under his control. No one can oppose his will or question what he does.

But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, "Why did you make me like this?"