Bible Cross References
his sons
2 Samuel 15:4
And Absalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!
1 Kings 12:6-11
6
Then the king referred [the matter] to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do you advise that I should answer this people?
7
And they spoke to him, saying, If you will this day be a servant to this people, and serve them, and speak to them good words, then will they be your servants continually.
8
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.
9
And he said to them, What counsel do you give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which your father has put upon us?
10
And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and would you now lighten it from off us. Thus shall say to them: My little [finger shall be] thicker than my father's loins.
11
And whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Kings 21:1-3
1
Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Hephzibah.
2
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
3
And he built again the high places, which Hezekiah his father [had] demolished, and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Ahab king of Israel [had made]; and worshipped the whole host of heaven, and served them.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knows whether he will be wise, or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor in which I labored, and in which I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.
Jeremiah 22:15-17
15
Shall you reign because you are provoked with your father Ahaz? They shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute justice and righteousness.
16
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor- is not this your not knowing Me? Says the Lord.
17
Behold, your eyes are not good, nor your heart, but [they go] after your covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
but turned
Exodus 18:21
Also you shall select for yourself able men out of all the people, God fearing [men], righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
Deuteronomy 16:19
they shall not pervert judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Psalm 15:5
He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 26:10
in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.
Isaiah 33:15
He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.
1 Timothy 3:3
not given to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money;
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some [by] aspiring have strayed away from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.