Cross references

2 Samuel 16:4

So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!”

“I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

2 Samuel 16:4 BSB

2 Samuel 16:4 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 18:13 (5 votes) and Proverbs 18:17 (5 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 32 to Proverbs 30.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 16:4 point to?

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

  1. He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

  2. The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  3. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

  4. A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  5. Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

  6. When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

  7. “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!” “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

  8. Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 16:4?

The 10 strongest of 15.