The period before misdirected blame
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah. 1 Kings 18:16 (ESV)
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1 (ESV)
The accusation of misdirected blame
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” 1 Kings 18:17 (ESV); 1 Kings 18:10
22 And Aaron said, “Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil. Exodus 32:22 (ESV)
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.” 1 Samuel 15:21 (ESV)
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. John 16:2 (ESV)
Jesus before Pilate:
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” . . . 5 But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
Luke 23:1-5 (ESV)
Take care before you make accusations:
15 “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. Deuteronomy 19:15 (ESV)
20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 29:20 (ESV); Matthew 7:15; .1 Timothy 5:19.
The correction of misdirected blame
18 And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the LORD and followed the Baals.
1 Kings 18:18 (ESV); Joshua 7:25; Psalm 33:17; 2 Samuel 24:17.
The solution to misdirected blame
19 Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” 1 Kings 18:19 (ESV)
8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 (ESV)
2 I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. 3 Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Philippians 4:2-3 (ESV); Matthew 5:23-26