2Sa 3:24-25, Job 34:18, Pro 19:9-10, Act 23:5 | ESV | STEP | Then Joab went to the king and said , What have you done ? Behold , Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away , so that he is gone ?

aSee 1 Sam. 29:6

b Ex. 22:28

c[See ver. 5 above]

d[See ver. 5 above]

e[ch. 17:7; 26:1]

f ch. 30:22; Eccles. 10:6, 7

g[ch. 24:1]

hCited from Ex. 22:28

2 Samuel 3:24-25

24 Then Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone? 25 You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know ^ayour going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

Job 34:18

18 who ^bsays to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’

Proverbs 19:9-10

9 ^cA false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who ^dbreathes out lies will perish.
10 ^eIt is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for ^fa slave to rule over princes.

Acts 23:5

5 And Paul said, ^g“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ^h‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”