Verse 34

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.

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Referenced Verses

  • Esth 8:6 : 6 For how can I bear to see the disaster that will fall on my people? How can I endure the destruction of my kindred?
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
  • Ps 119:143 : 143 Trouble and anguish have seized me, yet Your commandments are my delight.
  • Jer 52:10-11 : 10 The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also executed all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11 Then he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and kept him in prison until the day he died.
  • Exod 18:8 : 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for the sake of Israel, all the hardships they had faced along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
  • 1 Sam 2:33-34 : 33 Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life. 34 And this will be the sign to you that will come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  • 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 'Now I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am about to bring on this place and its inhabitants.'" So they brought back this message to the king.