Quotes about Justice
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 15:6
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
— 2 Samuel 16:8
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
— 2 Samuel 16:12
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
— 2 Samuel 18:14
And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
— 2 Samuel 18:15
But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
— 2 Samuel 19:21
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
— 2 Samuel 19:26
For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
— 2 Samuel 19:28
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
— 2 Samuel 20:18
“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
— 2 Samuel 20:20
let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
— 2 Samuel 21:6
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
— 2 Samuel 21:9