2 Samuel 3:39

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

“ ‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”

When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn’t strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

But king Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever.”

Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.

He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

For a servant when he is king, a fool when he is filled with food,

“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom.” All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom.

The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’

Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn’t know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”

and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.

but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.

Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.

Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh.

He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”

“I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.

Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”

But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”

David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”

“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist, and in his sandals that were on his feet.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

Then Joab came to the king, and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is already gone?

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”

Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’ ”

David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”

and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.

You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.