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.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.