1 Kings 20:37

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

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  • Exod 21:12 : 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:35-36
    2 verses
    84%

    35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

    36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:38-42
    5 verses
    76%

    38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

    39And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

    40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

    41And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

    42And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

  • 2 Sam 1:15-16
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    75%

    15And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

    16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

  • 2 Chr 18:33
    74%

    33And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

    25And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

    26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

  • 1 Kgs 22:34
    73%

    34And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

  • 1 Sam 17:35
    72%

    35And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    72%

    9He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  • Num 35:20-23
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    71%

    20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

    21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

    22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

    23Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

  • Isa 27:7
    71%

    7Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

  • 2 Kgs 13:18-19
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    71%

    18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.

    19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

  • Exod 21:18-19
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    71%

    18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

    19If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

  • 2 Chr 25:16
    71%

    16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    71%

    31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

  • Ps 69:26
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    26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

  • Exod 2:13
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    13And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
    71%

    20And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

  • Luke 20:12
    70%

    12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

  • Exod 21:12
    70%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    70%

    21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
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    14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • Prov 23:35
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    35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    70%

    17And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
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    9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 1 Sam 17:30
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    30And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

  • Mark 12:4
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    4And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

  • 1 Sam 24:19
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    19For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18
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    18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

  • Isa 57:17
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    17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

  • Lev 24:19-20
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    69%

    19And if a man cause a bmish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

    20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a bmish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

  • 1 Kgs 13:28
    69%

    28And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
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    21And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

  • Exod 21:25
    69%

    25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.