1 Kings 21:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

One day, Ahab said, “Naboth, your vineyard is near my palace. Give it to me so I can turn it into a vegetable garden. I'll give you a better vineyard or pay whatever you want for yours.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 8:14

The king will take your best fields, as well as your vineyards, and olive orchards and give them to his own officials.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to the crowd, “Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe.”

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Song of Solomon 4:15

You are a spring in the garden, a fountain of pure water, and a refreshing stream from Mount Lebanon.

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.

2 Kings 9:27

Ahaziah saw all of this happen and tried to escape to the town of Beth-Haggan, but Jehu caught up with him and shouted, “Kill him too!” So his troops shot Ahaziah with an arrow while he was on the road to Gur near Ibleam. He went as far as Megiddo, where he died.

1 Samuel 29:6

Achish called David over and said: I swear by the living Lord that you've been honest with me, and I want you to fight by my side. I don't think you've done anything wrong from the day you joined me until this very moment. But the other Philistine rulers don't want you to come along.

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.

Deuteronomy 11:10

It's better land than you had in Egypt, where you had to struggle just to water your crops.

Deuteronomy 5:21

Do not desire to possess anything that belongs to another person—not a house, a wife, a husband, a slave, an ox, a donkey, or anything else.

Exodus 20:17

Do not desire to possess anything that belongs to another person—not a house, a wife, a husband, a slave, an ox, a donkey, or anything else.

Genesis 16:6

Abram said, “All right! She's your slave—do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai began treating Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

Genesis 3:6

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth answered, “This vineyard has always been in my family. I won't let you have it.”

1 Kings 21:6

“I asked Naboth to sell me his vineyard or to let me give him a better one,” Ahab replied. “And he told me I couldn't have it.”