Bible Cross References
foolish
Proverbs 10:1
These are Solomon's proverbs: Wise children make their fathers proud of them; foolish ones bring their mothers grief.
Proverbs 15:20
Wise children make their fathers happy. Only fools despise their mothers.
Proverbs 17:21
There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.
Proverbs 17:25
Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
1
David's son Absalom had a beautiful unmarried sister named Tamar. Amnon, another of David's sons, fell in love with her.
2
He was so much in love with her that he became sick, because it seemed impossible for him to have her; as a virgin, she was kept from meeting men.
3
But he had a friend, a very shrewd man named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shammah.
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Jonadab said to Amnon, "You are the king's son, yet day after day I see you looking sad. What's the matter?" "I'm in love with Tamar, the sister of my half brother Absalom," he answered.
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Jonadab said to him, "Pretend that you are sick and go to bed. When your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please ask my sister Tamar to come and feed me. I want her to fix the food here where I can see her, and then serve it to me herself.' "
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So Amnon pretended that he was sick and went to bed. King David went to see him, and Amnon said to him, "Please let Tamar come and make a few cakes here where I can see her, and then serve them to me herself."
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So David sent word to Tamar in the palace: "Go to Amnon's house and fix him some food."
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She went there and found him in bed. She took some dough, prepared it, and made some cakes there where he could see her. Then she baked the cakes
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and emptied them out of the pan for him to eat, but he wouldn't. He said, "Send everyone away"---and they all left.
10
Then he said to her, "Bring the cakes here to my bed and serve them to me yourself." She took the cakes and went over to him.
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As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me!"
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"No," she said. "Don't force me to do such a degrading thing! That's awful!
13
How could I ever hold up my head in public again? And you---you would be completely disgraced in Israel. Please, speak to the king, and I'm sure that he will give me to you."
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But he would not listen to her; and since he was stronger than she was, he overpowered her and raped her.
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Then Amnon was filled with a deep hatred for her; he hated her now even more than he had loved her before. He said to her, "Get out!"
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"No," she answered. "To send me away like this is a greater crime than what you just did!" But Amnon would not listen to her;
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he called in his personal servant and said, "Get this woman out of my sight! Throw her out and lock the door!"
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The servant put her out and locked the door. Tamar was wearing a long robe with full sleeves, the usual clothing for an unmarried princess in those days.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Nothing that I had worked for and earned meant a thing to me, because I knew that I would have to leave it to my successor,
Ecclesiastes 2:19
and he might be wise, or he might be foolish---who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless.
the contentions
Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live out in the desert than with a nagging, complaining wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 27:15
A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip on a rainy day.
Job 14:19
Water will wear down rocks, and heavy rain will wash away the soil; so you destroy our hope for life.