1 Kings 3:23

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the king said: “One woman claims, ‘This, the living one, is my son, the dead one is yours.’ The other answers, ‘No! The dead one is your son, the living one is mine.’”

Cross References

1 Kings 3:22

The other woman answered, “No! The living one is my son, the dead one is yours.” But the first kept saying, “No! the dead one is your son, the living one is mine!” Thus they argued before the king.

1 Kings 3:24

The king continued, “Get me a sword.” When they brought the sword before the king,

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the just ponders a response, but the mouth of the wicked spews evil.