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2 Samuel 3:33

Abner
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31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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BSB
And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
KJV
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
WEB
The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
ASV
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
DARBY
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
BLB
And the king lamented over Abner and said, “As the death of a fool should Abner die?
ÅB
Og kongen kvad denne klagesang over Abner: Skulle da Abner dø som en niding dør?
OTB
Og kongen sang en sørgesang for Abner og sa,
"Skulle Abner møte sin ende som en dåre gjør?
B1930
Og kongen kvad denne klagesang over Abner: Skulde da Abner dø som en niding dør?

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  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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  • Luke 12:19–20

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:17

    And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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  • 2 Samuel 13:12–13

    And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:15–16

    Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

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  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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