Bible Cross References
estate
Daniel 11:7
Soon afterward one of her relatives will become king. He will attack the army of the king of Syria, enter their fortress, and defeat them.
Daniel 11:20
"He will be followed by another king, who will send an officer to oppress the people with taxes in order to increase the wealth of his kingdom. In a short time that king will be killed, but not publicly and not in battle."
shall stand
Daniel 7:8
While I was staring at the horns, I saw a little horn coming up among the others. It tore out three of the horns that were already there. This horn had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting proudly.
Daniel 8:9
Out of one of these four horns grew a little horn, whose power extended toward the south and the east and toward the Promised Land.
Daniel 8:23
"When the end of those kingdoms is near and they have become so wicked that they must be punished, there will be a stubborn, vicious, and deceitful king.
Daniel 8:25
Because he is cunning, he will succeed in his deceitful ways. He will be proud of himself and destroy many people without warning. He will even defy the greatest King of all, but he will be destroyed without the use of any human power.
a vile person
1 Samuel 3:13
I have already told him that I am going to punish his family forever because his sons have spoken evil things against me. Eli knew they were doing this, but he did not stop them.
Psalm 12:8
Psalm 15:4
They despise those whom God rejects, but honor those who obey the LORD. They always do what they promise, no matter how much it may cost.
Isaiah 32:5
No one will think that a fool is honorable or say that a scoundrel is honest.
Nahum 1:14
This is what the LORD has decreed about the Assyrians: "They will have no descendants to carry on their name. I will destroy the idols that are in the temples of their gods. I am preparing a grave for the Assyrians---they don't deserve to live!"
by flatteries
Daniel 11:32
By deceit the king will win the support of those who have already abandoned their religion, but those who follow God will fight back.
Daniel 11:34
While the killing is going on, God's people will receive a little help, even though many who join them will do so for selfish reasons.
Judges 9:1-20
1
Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem, where all his mother's relatives lived, and told them
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to ask the men of Shechem, "Which would you prefer? To have all seventy of Gideon's sons govern you or to have just one man? Remember that Abimelech is your own flesh and blood."
3
His mother's relatives talked to the men of Shechem about this for him, and the men of Shechem decided to follow Abimelech because he was their relative.
4
They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant, and with this money he hired a bunch of worthless scoundrels to join him.
5
He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and there on top of a single stone he killed his seventy brothers, Gideon's sons. But Jotham, Gideon's youngest son, hid and was not killed.
6
Then all the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.
7
When Jotham heard about this, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, and God may listen to you!
8
Once upon a time the trees went out to choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.'
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The olive tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and human beings.'
10
Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and be our king.'
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But the fig tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.'
12
So the trees then said to the grapevine, 'You come and be our king.'
13
But the vine answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my wine, that makes gods and human beings happy.'
14
So then all the trees said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king.'
15
The thorn bush answered, 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you don't, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.'
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"Now then," Jotham continued, "were you really honest and sincere when you made Abimelech king? Did you respect Gideon's memory and treat his family properly, as his actions deserved?
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Remember that my father fought for you. He risked his life to save you from the Midianites.
18
But today you turned against my father's family. You killed his sons---seventy men on a single stone---and just because Abimelech, his son by his servant woman, is your relative, you have made him king of Shechem.
19
Now then, if what you did today to Gideon and his family was sincere and honest, then be happy with Abimelech and let him be happy with you.
20
But if not, may fire blaze out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Bethmillo. May fire blaze out from the men of Shechem and Bethmillo and burn Abimelech up."
2 Samuel 15:2-6
2
He would get up early and go and stand by the road at the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. And after the man had told him what tribe he was from,
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Absalom would say, "Look, the law is on your side, but there is no representative of the king to hear your case."
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And he would add, "How I wish I were a judge! Then anyone who had a dispute or a claim could come to me, and I would give him justice."
5
When the man would approach Absalom to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him.
6
Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.
Psalm 55:21
His words were smoother than cream, but there was hatred in his heart; his words were as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.