Judges 9:56

Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

Cross-references

Judges 9:24 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 9:24 foretold that the blood of the seventy brothers would come upon Abimelech—9:56 shows this fulfilled as God returned his evil.

Judges 9:45 Historical context

Judges 9:45 records Abimelech's slaughter of Shechem—this is the evil that God repaid, directly referenced in 9:56 as the cause of his punishment.

Judges 9:20 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 9:20 is Jotham's curse against Abimelech and Shechem, which is fulfilled in v56.

Psalm 9:12 Parallel

Psalm 9:12 says God avenges blood and remembers the afflicted—this is precisely what happened when God punished Abimelech for murdering his brothers.

Galatians 6:7 states the sowing/reaping principle—God repays wickedness as seen in Abimelech's case.

2 Chronicles 21:4 recounts Jehoram slaying all his brothers, a direct parallel to Abimelech's murder of his seventy brothers to seize power.

Proverbs 5:22 describes the wicked being caught in their own sins—God's justice works through their own actions.

Matthew 7:2 Parallel

Matthew 7:2 teaches reciprocal judgment—a parallel principle of reaping what one sows.

Job 31:3 Parallel

Job 31:3 states that calamity is for the unrighteous—Abimelech's fate exemplifies this principle of divine retribution against evil.