1 Kings 1:52 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵² And Solomon said, If he shall shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵² And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵² Solomon said, If he will show himself to be a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵² And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.

Common English Bible

⁵² Solomon said, “If he shows himself to be an honorable person, then not a hair of his head will be harmed. But if any evil is found in him, he will die.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵² And Solomon said: "If he is a good man, not so much as one hair of his head shall fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he shall die."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵² And Solomon said: If he be a good man, there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.

1 Kings 1:52 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:11

Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shalt not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

1 Kings 1:51

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me this day that he wilt not slay his servant with the sword.

1 Kings 1:53

So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

Job 15:22

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword:

Proverbs 13:6

Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way: But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 21:12

The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked; How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.

Matthew 10:30

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke 21:18

And not a hair of your head shall perish.

Acts 27:34

Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

1 Samuel 14:45

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.