2 Kings 6

2 Kings 6

Shawn Bumpers / General

2 Kings

Introduction

V1-5

Deuteronomy 19:4–5 NKJV

“And this is the case of the manslayer who flees there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, not having hated him in time past—as when a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live;

Exodus 22:14–15 NKJV

“And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good. If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

v6-7

1 Corinthians 4:7 NKJV

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

John 3:27 NKJV

John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

1 John 1:9 NKJV

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

v8

Psalm 115:3–8 NKJV

But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell; They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter through their throat. Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.

Psalm 115:9–11 NKJV

O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.

v9-11

Psalm 94:11 NKJV

The Lord knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

Proverbs 15:3 NKJV

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Jeremiah 17:10 NKJV

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Psalm 121:4 NKJV

Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm 115:8 NKJV

Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them.

v12-14

v15-17

Psalm 56:3 NKJV

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.

Psalm 27:3 NKJV

Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

Deuteronomy 20:3–4 NKJV

And he shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’

Psalm 125:2 NKJV

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the Lord surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 34:7 NKJV

The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.

v18-23

Proverbs 25:21–22 NKJV

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.

Romans 12:20–21 NKJV

Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.