2 Samuel 3:35

Free Bible Version

Then people came to David and tried to persuade him to have something to eat during the day. But David swore an oath, saying, “May God punish me severely if I eat bread or anything else before sunset!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned and cried and fasted until the evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord, the Israelites, that had been killed by the sword.

2 Samuel 12:17

His senior officials approached him and tried to help him up from the ground, but he didn't want to, and he refused their appeals to eat.

2 Samuel 3:34

Your hands were not tied together, your feet were not in shackles. But just like a murderer's victim, you too were killed.” All the people cried for him even more.

2 Samuel 3:36

Everyone saw this and thought it was the right thing to do, in the same way that they thought everything the king did was the right thing to do.

2 Samuel 3:9

So now may God punish me severely if I don't help David achieve what the Lord has promised him.

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their fighting men went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them back and buried them under the large tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days.

Jeremiah 16:7

No funeral receptions will be held to comfort those who mourn—not even a comforting drink is to be offered at the loss of a father or mother.

Ezekiel 24:17

Mourn in silence. Don't have any rituals for the dead. Dress normally—have your turban on and put your sandals on your feet. Don't veil your face and don't eat the bread used by mourners.”

Ezekiel 24:22

Then you'll do what I did. You won't veil your face or eat the bread used by mourners.

Judges 20:23

The Israelites went and cried before the Lord until the evening and asked, “Should we go and attack the Benjamites again, our relatives?” “Go and attack them,” the Lord replied.

Judges 20:26

Then all the Israelites and all their army went to Bethel, and sat crying there before the Lord. That day they fasted until evening and gave burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord.

Ruth 1:17

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me harshly if I let anything but death separate us!”

1 Samuel 3:17

“What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don't hide it from me. May God punish you very severely if you hide anything he told you from me!”