1 Kings 20:7

Legacy Standard Bible

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Please know and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I withheld nothing from him.”

Cross References

2 Kings 5:7

Now it happened that when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to put to death and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But know now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”

Daniel 11:27

And as for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak falsehood at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.

Proverbs 24:2

For their heart meditates on destruction, And their lips talk of mischief.

Proverbs 11:27

He who earnestly seeks good seeks favor, But he who searches for evil, evil will come to him.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

Proverbs 6:14

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads contentions.

Psalm 140:2

Who think up evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.

Psalm 62:3

¶How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a fence thrust down?

Psalm 36:4

He devises wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise evil.

Psalm 7:14

Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

Job 15:35

“They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness, And their belly prepares deception.”

1 Chronicles 28:1

And David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor.

1 Chronicles 13:1

Then David took counsel with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

1 Kings 20:6

but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever is desirable in your eyes, they will put in their hand and carry away.’ ”

1 Kings 20:8

And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.