Cross references

1 Kings 2:6

So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

1 Kings 2:6 BSB

1 Kings 2:6 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 2:9 (5 votes) and Psalm 37:37 (3 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 9 to Matthew 5.

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Which verses does 1 Kings 2:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

  2. Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

  3. A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

  4. A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

  5. When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

  6. “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”

  7. “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

  8. But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

  9. Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

  10. When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!” …

  11. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Which verses point to 1 Kings 2:6?

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