1 Kings 20:40

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But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.' The king of Israel said to him, 'That is your sentence; you have pronounced it yourself.'

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  • 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay back four times the price of the lamb because he did such a thing and had no pity! 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
  • Job 15:6 : 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.
  • Matt 21:41-43 : 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.' 42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.
  • Matt 25:24-27 : 24 Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ 26 His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered. 27 Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return, I would have received it back with interest.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'

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    36Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.' And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.

    37The prophet found another man and said, 'Please strike me.' So the man struck him and wounded him.

    38Then the prophet went and stood by the road to wait for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

    39As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him and said, 'Your servant went into the middle of the battle, and suddenly a man brought another man to me and said, "Guard this man. If he is missing, your life will be for his life, or you will pay a talent of silver."

  • 1 Kgs 20:41-43
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    41Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

    42The prophet said to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you released a man I had determined should die, it will be your life for his life, and your people for his people.'

    43Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9-12
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    9But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

    10"As surely as the LORD your God lives," he continued, "there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

    11Now you tell me, 'Go and say to your master, Elijah is here!'

    12But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

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    7If he says, 'Good,' it will mean peace for your servant. But if he is very angry, know that he has determined harm.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • 2 Sam 19:27
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    27He said, 'My lord the king, my servant deceived me. I said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself and ride on it, so I may go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
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    21and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

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    20Now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:11-12
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    11The king of Aram became very upset about this. He called his servants and said to them, "Will you not tell me who among us is on the side of the king of Israel?"

    12One of his servants said, "No, my lord the king; Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."

  • 2 Sam 14:19-20
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    19The king asked, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, it is true. Your servant Joab instructed me and put all these words into the mouth of your servant."

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  • 2 Sam 19:36
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    36I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

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  • Gen 44:10
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    10The steward replied, "Let it be as you say: whoever is found with it will become my slave, and the rest of you will be innocent."

  • 1 Kgs 20:6-7
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    6'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'

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  • 1 Kgs 20:9
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  • 2 Sam 14:16
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    16For the king will hear me and deliver me from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.'

  • 2 Sam 18:30
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    30The king said, 'Stand aside and wait here.' So he stepped aside and stood there.

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    8Then the king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue a command on your behalf."

  • 1 Sam 25:30
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    30When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord all the good things he promised and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
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    17Then Micaiah said, 'I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, “These people have no master; each one should go home in peace.”'

  • 2 Sam 15:20
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  • 1 Kgs 22:6
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    6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, 'Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?' They said, 'Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king’s hands.'

  • 1 Sam 24:15
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    15Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

  • 2 Sam 19:7
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    19Today you have shown that you dealt well with me, for when the LORD gave me into your hand, you did not kill me.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
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    13Meanwhile, a prophet approached Ahab, king of Israel, and said, 'This is what the LORD says: Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and you will know that I am the LORD.'

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    17Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house.

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  • 2 Chr 25:16
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    37'For on the day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure that you will certainly die. Your blood will be on your own head.'