2 Samuel 16:9

Which verses does 2 Samuel 16:9 point to?

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

1. Exodus 22:287 votes

   You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

2. 2 Samuel 9:86 votes

   Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

3. 1 Samuel 24:144 votes

   Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

4. 2 Samuel 3:84 votes

   Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

5. 1 Samuel 26:6–113 votes

   And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai. That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him. …

6. 2 Samuel 3:303 votes

   (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

7. Job 31:30–313 votes

   I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse— if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

8. Jeremiah 40:13–163 votes

   Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them. …

9. Luke 9:543 votes

   When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

10. Acts 23:53 votes

    “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

11. 1 Peter 2:173 votes

Which verses point to 2 Samuel 16:9?

The 10 strongest of 18.

• Proverbs 24:17 10
• 1 Kings 2:44 6
• 2 Samuel 9:8 5
• 1 Samuel 17:43 4
• 2 Samuel 19:16 4
• 2 Samuel 3:8 3
• 1 Kings 2:36 3
• Psalm 7:1 3
• Proverbs 17:11 3
• 1 Samuel 24:14 2