Verse 24

The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 6:26 : 26 Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
  • Judg 1:28 : 28 It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
  • Judg 5:2 : 2 For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless you Yahweh.
  • Judg 11:30-31 : 30 Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, 31 then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
  • Judg 21:1-5 : 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife. 2 The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. 3 They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? 4 It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings. 5 The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
  • 1 Sam 14:27-30 : 27 But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
  • Ps 18:47 : 47 Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
  • Prov 11:9 : 9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, But the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man doesn't love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed{Greek: anathema.}. Come, Lord!{Aramaic: Maranatha!}
  • Lev 27:29 : 29 "'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
  • Num 21:2 : 2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
  • Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
  • Josh 6:17-19 : 17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Yahweh: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they shall come into the treasury of Yahweh.