2 Samuel 4:11
2 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?”2 Samuel 4:11
What Does 2 Samuel 4:11 Mean?
2 Samuel 4:11 is found in the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 4, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Justice.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Samuel 4:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 3:18“When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.”Ezekiel 33:6“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.”Psalms 9:12“When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.”Proverbs 2:22“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”Habakkuk 1:13“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?”Genesis 9:5“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.”Genesis 20:4“But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?”Numbers 35:31“Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.”Hebrews 9:14“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”Genesis 4:11“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”Genesis 6:13“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.”Genesis 7:23“And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”Exodus 9:15“For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.”Exodus 21:12“He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”Joshua 2:19“And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.”2 Samuel 3:27“And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.”2 Samuel 3:39“And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.”1 Kings 2:32“And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.”Psalms 109:15“Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.”Proverbs 25:26“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”
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