Verse 19

and said, "My God forbid it me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?" For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 17:10 : 10 "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • Judg 5:18 : 18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the deaths; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
  • Judg 9:17 : 17 (for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?"
  • 2 Sam 23:17 : 17 He said, "Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this! Isn't it the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
  • 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 Naboth said to Ahab, "May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!"
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
  • Ps 72:14 : 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
  • Mark 14:24 : 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
  • John 6:55 : 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
  • Rom 6:1-2 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?