1 Kings 2:23

Easy To Read Version

Then Solomon made a promise with the Lord. He said, “I swear (promise) that I will make Adonijah pay for this. And it will cost him his life!

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:13

And say to Amasa, ‘You are part of my family. May God punish me if I don’t make you captain of the army in Joab’s place.’”

2 Samuel 3:35

All day long people came to encourage David to eat food. But David had made a special promise. He said, “May God punish me and give me many troubles if I eat bread or any other food before the sun goes down.”

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah. Jezebel said, “I promise that before this same time tomorrow, I will kill you like you killed those prophets. If I don’t succeed, then may the gods kill me.”

1 Kings 20:10

Then they came back with another message from Ben Hadad. The message said, “I will completely destroy Samaria. I promise that there will be nothing left of that city! There won’t be enough of that city left for my men to find any souvenirs [220] to take home. May God destroy me if I don’t do this!”

2 Kings 6:31

The king said, “May God punish me if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat is still on his body at the end of this day!”

Psalm 140:9

Lord, don’t let my enemies win.\par Those people are planning bad things.\par But make those bad things happen to them.\par

Psalm 64:8

Evil people plan to do bad things\par to other people.\par But God can \{ruin their plans,\}\par and make those bad things\par happen to them.\par Then everyone that sees them\par will shake their heads in amazement.\par

Proverbs 20:2

The anger of a king is like the roar of a lion. If you make the king angry, then you could lose your life.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

A wise man’s words bring praise.\par But a foolish person’s words bring destruction.\par

Luke 19:22

Then the king said to the servant, ‘You bad servant! I will use your own words to condemn you. You said that I am a hard man. You said that I even take money that I didn’t earn and gather food that I didn’t grow.

Ruth 1:17

Where you die, I will die. And that is where I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me if I do not keep this promise: Only death will separate us.” [3]

1 Samuel 14:44

Saul said, “I made a promise and asked God to punish me if I didn’t keep my promise! Jonathan must die!”