1 Samuel 28:23

World English Bible (2000)

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.

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  • 1 Kgs 21:4 : 4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
  • 2 Kgs 5:13 : 13 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean?'"
  • Prov 25:20 : 20 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

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    22 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way."

  • 2 Sam 12:17
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    17 The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

  • 1 Sam 28:24-25
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    24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.

    25 She brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

  • Gen 24:33
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    33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

  • Gen 19:3
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    3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

  • Gen 18:5-6
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    5 I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

    6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

  • Judg 19:4-8
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    4 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.

    5 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way."

    6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, "Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry."

    7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

    8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, "Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines;" and they both ate.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-17
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    15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me, and eat bread."

    16 He said, "I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.

    17 For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'"

  • 2 Sam 13:9
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    9 She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Have all men leave me." Every man went out from him.

  • 1 Kgs 19:5-8
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    5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat!"

    6 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and laid down again.

    7 The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."

    8 He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

  • Gen 24:54
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    54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
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    11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."

  • 2 Sam 3:35
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    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."

  • 1 Kgs 13:8-9
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    8 The man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

    9 for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.'"

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    4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

    5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?"

  • 2 Sam 12:21
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    21 Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."

  • Gen 18:8
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    8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

  • 1 Kgs 13:19
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    19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

  • 2 Kgs 4:8
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    8 It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.

  • Gen 43:31
    70%

    31 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal."

  • 2 Kgs 5:16
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  • 1 Sam 14:28
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    28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.'" The people were faint.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
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    28 The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:42
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    42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

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    19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything."

  • Judg 19:21
    69%

    21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.

  • 1 Sam 30:12
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    12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.