1 Samuel 25:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I swear that by morning, there won't be a man or boy left from his family or his servants' families. I pray that God will punish me if I don't do it!”

Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

“Because of this, I will destroy your family by killing every man and boy in it, whether slave or free. I will wipe out your family, just as fire burns up rubbish.

1 Kings 16:11

As soon as Zimri became king, he killed everyone in Baasha's family. Not one man or boy in his family was left alive—even his close friends were killed.

1 Kings 21:21

Now you will be punished. You and every man and boy in your family will die, whether slave or free.

2 Kings 9:8

Every man and boy in Ahab's family must die, whether slave or free.

Ruth 1:17

I will die where you die and be buried beside you. May the LORD punish me if we are ever separated, even by death!”

1 Samuel 14:44

“Yes, Jonathan. I swear to God that you must die.”

1 Samuel 20:13

But if he wants to harm you, I promise to tell you and help you escape. And I ask the LORD to punish me severely if I don't keep my promise. I pray that the LORD will bless you, just as he used to bless my father.

1 Samuel 20:16

Jonathan and David made an agreement that even David's descendants would have to keep. Then Jonathan said, “I pray that the LORD will take revenge on your descendants if they break our promise.”

1 Samuel 3:17

Eli said, “What did God say to you? Tell me everything. I pray that God will punish you terribly if you don't tell me every word he said!”