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1 Kings 2:6

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Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

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KJV King James Version

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

WEB World English Bible

Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

ASV American Standard Version

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol.

Surrounding context — 1 Kings 2

3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

8 And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

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1 Kings 2:9Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.Proverbs 20:26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.Isaiah 48:22[There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.Isaiah 57:21[There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.Psalm 37:37Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.Isaiah 65:20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner [being] an hundred years old shall be accursed.2 Kings 22:20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.1 Kings 2:28-34Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.Isaiah 57:2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.