2Ki 8:12-15, 10:32, Jer 17:9, 1Cor 10:12 | ESV | STEP | And Hazael said , Why does my lord weep ? He answered , Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel . You will set on fire their fortresses , and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.

2 Kings 8:12-15

12 And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know ^athe evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword ^band dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 And Hazael said, “What is your servant, ^cwho is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, ^d“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.” 14 Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me ^ethat you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took the bed cloth ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

2 Kings 10:32

32 In those days the Lord ^gbegan to cut off parts of Israel. ^hHazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:

Jeremiah 17:9

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

1 Corinthians 10:12

12 Therefore ⁱlet anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.