1 Kings 21:4

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Resentful and upset, Ahab went home because of what Naboth from Jezreel had told him. (⌞Naboth had said,⌟ “I will not give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”) So Ahab lay on the couch, turned his face ⌞from everyone⌟, and refused to eat.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:43

Resentful and upset, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

James 1:14

Everyone is tempted by his own desires as they lure him away and trap him.

Ephesians 4:27

Don’t give the devil any opportunity ⌞to work⌟.

Jonah 4:9

Then God asked Jonah, “What right do you have to be angry over this plant?” Jonah answered, “I have every right to be angry—so angry that I want to die.”

Jonah 4:1

Jonah was very upset about this, and he became angry.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to look at what is in front of you than to go looking for what you want. Even this is pointless. ⌞It’s like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Job 5:2

Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.

1 Kings 21:3

Naboth told Ahab, “The Lord has forbidden me to give you what I inherited from my ancestors.”

2 Samuel 13:4

He asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so worn out morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” “I’m in love with Absalom’s sister Tamar,” he answered.

2 Samuel 13:2

Amnon was so obsessed with his half sister Tamar that he made himself sick. It seemed impossible for him to be alone with her because she was a virgin.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused. “I don’t want to eat,” he said. Nevertheless, his officers and the woman kept urging  him until he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Kings 21:1

This is what happened next. Naboth from Jezreel had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

1 Kings 21:5

His wife Jezebel came to him and asked, “Why are you so resentful of everything? Why don’t you eat?”

Esther 5:13

Yet, all this is worth nothing to me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Jonah 4:4

The Lord asked, “What right do you have to be angry?”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God made a hot east wind blow. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he was about to faint. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather be dead than alive.”