1 Kings 20:39

American King James Version (1999)

And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:40

And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.

1 Kings 20:42

And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

2 Kings 10:24

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

Job 36:18

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Psalm 49:7

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Exodus 21:30

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid on him.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.