Verse 31

Then he said,“May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”

Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 1:17 : 17 Wherever you die, I will die– and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!”
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,“May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat,“There is still one man through whom we can seek the LORD’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said,“The king should not say such things.”
  • Jer 37:15-16 : 15 The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners. 16 So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan’s house. He was kept there for a long time.
  • Jer 38:4 : 4 So these officials said to the king,“This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them.”
  • John 11:50 : 50 You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”
  • Acts 23:12-13 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.
  • 1 Sam 3:17 : 17 Eli said,“What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
  • 1 Sam 14:44 : 44 Saul said,“God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”
  • 1 Sam 25:22 : 22 God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”
  • 2 Sam 3:9 : 9 God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the LORD has promised him,
  • 2 Sam 3:35 : 35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying,“God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
  • 2 Sam 19:13 : 13 Say to Amasa,‘Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
  • 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
  • 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him,“Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”