Bible Cross References
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1 Kings 2:9
But you must not let him go unpunished. You know what to do, and you must see to it that he is put to death."
Proverbs 20:26
A wise king will find out who is doing wrong, and will punish him without pity.
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1 Kings 2:28-34
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Joab heard what had happened. (He had supported Adonijah, but not Absalom.) So he fled to the Tent of the LORD's presence and took hold of the corners of the altar.
29
When the news reached King Solomon that Joab had fled to the Tent and was by the altar, Solomon sent a messenger to Joab to ask him why he had fled to the altar. Joab answered that he had fled to the LORD because he was afraid of Solomon. So King Solomon sent Benaiah to kill Joab.
30
He went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and said to Joab, "The king orders you to come out." "No," Joab answered. "I will die here." Benaiah went back to the king and told him what Joab had said.
31
"Do what Joab says," Solomon answered. "Kill him and bury him. Then neither I nor any other of David's descendants will any longer be held responsible for what Joab did when he killed innocent men.
32
The LORD will punish Joab for those murders, which he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.
33
The punishment for their murders will fall on Joab and on his descendants forever. But the LORD will always give success to David's descendants who sit on his throne."
34
So Benaiah went to the Tent of the LORD's presence and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the open country.
Genesis 9:6
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Numbers 35:33
If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.
Proverbs 28:17
Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.
Isaiah 65:20
Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.
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Genesis 42:38
But Jacob said, "My son cannot go with you; his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. Something might happen to him on the way. I am an old man, and the sorrow you would cause me would kill me."
2 Kings 22:20
and the punishment which I am going to bring on Jerusalem will not come until after your death. I will let you die in peace." The men returned to King Josiah with this message.
Psalm 37:37
Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants,
Isaiah 48:22
"There is no safety for sinners," says the LORD.
Isaiah 57:2
Those who live good lives find peace and rest in death.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no safety for sinners," says the LORD.