1 Kings 21:2

Good News Translation

One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will pay you a fair price.”

Cross References

Genesis 16:6

Abram answered, “Very well, she is your slave and under your control; do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so cruelly that she ran away.

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw how beautiful the tree was and how good its fruit would be to eat, and she thought how wonderful it would be to become wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he also ate it.

1 Kings 21:3

“I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors,” Naboth replied. “The Lord forbid that I should let you have it!”

1 Kings 21:6

He answered, “Because of what Naboth said to me. I offered to buy his vineyard or, if he preferred, to give him another one for it, but he told me that I couldn't have it!”

2 Kings 9:27

King Ahaziah saw what happened, so he fled in his chariot toward the town of Beth Haggan, pursued by Jehu. “Kill him too!” Jehu ordered his men, and they wounded him as he drove his chariot on the road up to Gur, near the town of Ibleam. But he managed to keep on going until he reached the city of Megiddo, where he died.

Exodus 20:17

“Do not desire another man's house; do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.”

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;

Song of Solomon 4:15

Fountains water the garden, streams of flowing water, brooks gushing down from the Lebanon Mountains.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The Lord has spoken.

Luke 12:15

And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”

Deuteronomy 11:10

The land that you are about to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where you lived before. There, when you planted grain, you had to work hard to irrigate the fields;

Deuteronomy 5:21

“‘Do not desire another man's wife; do not desire his house, his land, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.’

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.

1 Samuel 29:6

Achish called David and said to him, “I swear by the living God of Israel that you have been loyal to me; and I would be pleased to have you go with me and fight in this battle. I have not found any fault in you from the day you came over to me. But the other kings don't approve of you.

1 Samuel 8:14

He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was displeased with their request for a king; so he prayed to the Lord,