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 with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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 death, Naphtali, on the high places of the field.
  • Judg 9:17 : 17 (for my father fought for you, and adventured 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 did rejoice; 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: [shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
  • 1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it 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?