And if any man strike another and he dies, let him be certainly put to death.

And he said to the judges, Take good heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the Lord, and with you are matters of judgment.

And now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, and be wary, and do [your duty]; for there is no unrighteousness with the Lord our God, neither [is it for Him] to respect persons, or to take bribes.

And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.

Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.

Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

And David said, My son Solomon [is] a tender child, and the house [for me] to build to the Lord [is] for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth; I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

And you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands; for when My fierce anger is over, I will heal again.

For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the [one] practicing evil.

Ozem the sixth, [and] David the seventh.

And their sisters [were] Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah [were] Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

forasmuch as you love them that hate you, and hate them that love you; and you have this day declared, that your princes and your servants are nothing [in your sight]; for I know this day, that if Absalom were alive, [and] all of us were dead today, then it would have been right in your sight.

And now arise and go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless you will go forth this day, there shall not a man remain with you this night. And know for yourself, this thing [will] indeed [be] evil to you beyond all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.

And you shall say to Amasa, [Are] you not my bone and my flesh? And now God do so to me and more also, if you shall not be commander of the army before me continually in the place of Joab.

Moreover you know all that Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, that he killed them, and shed the blood of war in peace [time], and put innocent blood on his belt that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

Therefore you shall deal [with him] according to your wisdom, and you shall not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave.

And their blood is returned upon his head, and upon the head of his seed forever; but to David, and his seed, and his house, and his throne, may there be peace forever from the Lord.

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, and attacked him, and killed him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them.

and mercy is Yours, O Lord; for You will recompense everyone according to his works.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May the Lord repay him according to his works;