1 Kings 20:39

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:40

As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Yisra'el said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.

1 Kings 20:42

He said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

2 Kings 10:24

They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Yehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, [he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.

Job 36:18

Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Psalm 49:7

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

Exodus 21:30

If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

Proverbs 6:35

He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.