2Sa 16:10, Isa 29:21, 1Cor 13:5-7 | ESV | STEP | But the king said , What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah ? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, Curse David , who then shall say , Why have you done so ?

k[See ver. 4 above]

2 Samuel 16:10

10 But the king said, ^a“What have I to do with you, ^byou sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

Isaiah 29:21

21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and ^clay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea ^dturn aside him who is in the right.

1 Corinthians 13:5-7

5 or rude. It ^edoes not insist on its own way; it ^fis not irritable or resentful; ^{▼▼Greek irritable and does not count up wrongdoing} 6 it ^hdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but ⁱrejoices with the truth. 7 ^jLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, ^kendures all things.