1 Kings 2:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Solomon said, “By the Lord, I swear I’ll make Adonijah pay for this with his life!

Cross References

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 don’t keep this promise: Only death will separate us.”

Psalm 140:9

My enemies are planning trouble for me. Lord, make that trouble fall on them.

Psalm 64:8

He will use their own words against them, and they will be destroyed. Then everyone who sees them will shake their heads in amazement.

Luke 19:22

“Then the king said to him, ‘What a bad servant you are! 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.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the wise bring praise, but words from a fool bring destruction.

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!”

1 Kings 20:10

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

2 Samuel 19:13

Also tell Amasa, ‘You are part of my family. I swear that I will 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.”

2 Samuel 3:9

The Lord promised with an oath that he would take the kingdom away from Saul’s family and give it to David. And I swear I will make sure that happens. God will make David king of Judah and Israel. He will rule from Dan to Beersheba.”

1 Samuel 14:44

Saul said, “I made an oath and asked God to punish me if I didn’t keep it. Jonathan, you must die.”

Proverbs 20:2

An angry king is like a roaring lion. If you make him angry, you could lose your life.

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah and said, “I swear that by this time tomorrow, you will be just as dead as those prophets. If I don’t succeed, may the gods do the same or worse to me.”