1 Kings 20:7

Modern English Version

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Please notice how this man is looking for trouble, for he has demanded I give him my wives and children and my silver and gold, and I have not denied his request.”

Cross References

1 Kings 20:6

instead I will send my servants tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants, and whatever is precious to you, they will put it in their hands and take it away.”

1 Kings 20:8

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

1 Kings 21:8

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

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, so that they could ensure that the ark of the covenant of the Lord would be brought out of the City of David in Zion.

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to give life, that this man sends a man to me to take away his leprosy? But consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

1 Chronicles 13:1

So David conferred with the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds and with every leader.

1 Chronicles 28:1

Now David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the officers of the divisions of those ministering to the king, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, the stewards over all the property and livestock of the king and his sons with the eunuchs and the fighting men and all the brave warriors.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and give birth to futility; their womb prepares deceit.”

Psalm 140:2

who devise evil things in their hearts; continually do they stir up wars.

Psalm 36:4

He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he does not reject evil.

Psalm 62:3

How long will you assault a man? So you can murder all of you, like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

Psalm 7:14

Behold, the wicked man writhes in pain of iniquity; he has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.

Proverbs 11:14

Where there is no counsel, the nation falls, but in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 11:27

He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but to him who seeks mischief, evil will come.

Proverbs 24:2

for their heart devises violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

Proverbs 6:14

perverseness is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.

Daniel 11:27

As for both of these kings, their hearts shall plan on mischief, and they shall speak lies to one another at one table. But it shall not prosper, for the end shall yet be at the appointed time.