1 Kings 20:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:7
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    7 Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    74%

    9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

  • Deut 13:8
    73%

    8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

  • 1 Kgs 12:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

    9 And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36 But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

  • 2 Chr 10:8
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    8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

  • Jer 26:17
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    17 Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,

  • 2 Chr 10:15-16
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    15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

    16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 12:13
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    13 And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

  • 1 Sam 8:18-19
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    18 Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.

    19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • 1 Sam 8:7
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    7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

  • 1 Sam 8:21
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    21 Then Samuel, after hearing all the people had to say, went and gave an account of it to the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 10:5
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    5 So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seems best to you.

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
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    15 So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

  • Judg 20:8
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    8 Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
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    18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

  • Zech 7:11
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    11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

  • Isa 36:21
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    21 But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

  • 1 Kgs 20:5
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    5 Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;

  • 2 Chr 18:17
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    17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

  • Prov 1:10
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    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
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    9 Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.

  • Jer 27:17
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    17 Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?

  • Jer 11:8
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    8 But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: As to the words which have come to your ears,

  • 1 Kgs 22:28
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    28 And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.

  • 2 Chr 33:10
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    10 And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

  • Jer 44:16
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    16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.

  • 1 Sam 2:24
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    24 No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.

  • 1 Kgs 18:21
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    21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

  • 1 Kgs 21:3
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    3 But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

  • Jer 37:2
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    2 But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

  • 1 Sam 8:4-5
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    68%

    4 Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,

    5 And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

  • Exod 19:8
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    8 And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

  • Deut 25:8
    68%

    8 Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

  • Josh 24:16
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    16 Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • Isa 8:11
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    11 For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • 2 Chr 25:7
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    7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.

  • Exod 23:2
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    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

  • Jer 28:7
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    7 But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people:

  • Jer 44:5
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    5 But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

  • Ps 81:11
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    11 But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
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    1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

  • 1 Kgs 20:2
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    2 And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

  • Deut 5:28
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    28 Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said.