1 Kings 2:23

World English Bible (2000)

Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

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  • Ruth 1:17 : 17 where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
  • 1 Sam 14:44 : 44 Saul said, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
  • 2 Sam 3:9 : 9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;
  • 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down."
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 Say to Amasa, 'Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.'"
  • 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."
  • 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 Then he said, "God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day."
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
  • Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 2:24-25
    2 verses
    84%

    24 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day."

    25 King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.

  • 1 Kgs 1:29-30
    2 verses
    81%

    29 The king swore, and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

    30 most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;' most certainly so will I do this day."

  • 1 Kgs 1:11-14
    4 verses
    80%

    11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?

    12 Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.

    13 Go in to king David, and tell him, 'Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?'

    14 Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words."

  • 1 Kgs 1:17-21
    5 verses
    80%

    17 She said to him, "My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'

    18 Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.

    19 He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.

    20 You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

    21 Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."

  • 1 Kgs 1:50-52
    3 verses
    79%

    50 Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

    51 It was told Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'"

    52 Solomon said, "If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die."

  • 1 Kgs 2:22
    78%

    22 King Solomon answered his mother, "Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah."

  • 1 Kgs 2:42-46
    5 verses
    78%

    42 The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'

    43 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?"

    44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.

    45 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever."

    46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

  • 2 Sam 3:9
    76%

    9 God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;

  • 1 Kgs 1:24-27
    4 verses
    75%

    24 Nathan said, "My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'

    25 For he is gone down this day, and has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, 'Long live king Adonijah!'

    26 But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.

    27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"

  • 1 Kgs 1:43
    75%

    43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, "Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.

  • 1 Kgs 1:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, "Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.

    37 As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."

  • 2 Sam 19:23
    73%

    23 The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." The king swore to him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    73%

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, "Do you come peaceably?" He said, "Peaceably.

    14 He said moreover, I have something to tell you." She said, "Say on."

  • 2 Chr 1:8
    72%

    8 Solomon said to God, "You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

  • 2 Sam 1:16
    72%

    16 David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'"

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
    72%

    8 "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    71%

    10 David said, "As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

  • 2 Sam 18:13
    71%

    13 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me."

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16 The king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house."

  • Ps 89:35
    71%

    35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

  • 1 Kgs 2:18
    71%

    18 Bathsheba said, "Alright. I will speak for you to the king."

  • Ps 132:11
    71%

    11 Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29
    71%

    29 It was told king Solomon, "Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar." Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall on him."

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
    71%

    1 Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 1:5
    71%

    5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 1 Sam 24:21
    71%

    21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."

  • 1 Kgs 1:47
    71%

    47 Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.

  • 1 Kgs 2:4
    70%

    4 That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'

  • Gen 21:24
    70%

    24 Abraham said, "I will swear."