2 Samuel 13:28

New International Reader's Version

Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon has had too much wine to drink, I’ll say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down.’ When I do, kill him. Don’t be afraid. I’ve given you an order, haven’t I? Be strong and brave.”

Cross References

Genesis 9:21

When he drank some of the wine, it made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.

2 Samuel 11:13

David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him. David got him drunk. But Uriah still didn’t go home. In the evening he went out and slept on his mat. He stayed there among his master’s servants.

2 Samuel 11:15

In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front. That’s where the fighting is the heaviest. Then pull your men back from him. When you do, the Ammonites will strike him down and kill him.”

2 Samuel 12:10

So time after time members of your own royal house will be killed with swords. That’s because you turned your back on me. You took the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be your own.’

2 Samuel 13:27

But Absalom begged him. So the king sent Amnon with him. He also sent the rest of his sons.

2 Samuel 14:6

I had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in a field. No one was there to separate them. One of my sons struck down the other one and killed him.

1 Kings 20:16

They started out at noon. At that time Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings helping him were in their tents. They were getting drunk.

Esther 1:10

On the seventh day Xerxes was in a good mood because he had drunk a lot of wine. So he gave a command to the seven officials who served him. They were Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas.

Psalm 104:15

There is wine to make people glad. There is olive oil to make their skin glow. And there is bread to make them strong.

Exodus 1:18

Then the king of Egypt sent for the women. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

Ecclesiastes 10:19

People laugh at a dinner party. And wine makes life happy. People think money can buy everything.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go and enjoy your food. Be joyful as you drink your wine. God has already approved what you do.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.

Nahum 1:10

His enemies will be tangled up among thorns. Their wine will make them drunk. They’ll be burned up like dry straw.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God instead of people!

Joshua 1:9

Here is what I am commanding you to do. Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid. Do not lose hope. I am the Lord your God. I will be with you everywhere you go.”

Judges 19:22

They were inside enjoying themselves. But some of the evil men who lived in the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door. They shouted to the old man who owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”

Judges 19:6

So the two of them sat down. They ate and drank together. After that, the woman’s father said, “Please stay tonight. Enjoy yourself.”

Judges 19:9

Then the man got up to leave. His concubine and his servant got up when he did. But his father-in-law, the woman’s father, spoke to him again. “Look,” he said. “It’s almost evening. The day is nearly over. So spend another night here. Please stay. Enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and go back home.”

Ruth 3:7

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking, he was in a good mood. He went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Then Ruth approached quietly. She uncovered his feet and lay down there.

1 Samuel 18:22

Then Saul gave an order to his attendants. He said, “Speak to David in private. Tell him, ‘The king likes you. All his attendants love you. So become his son-in-law.’ ”

1 Samuel 28:10

Saul made a promise in the name of the Lord. He said to the woman, “You can be sure that the Lord lives. And you can be just as sure that you won’t be punished for helping me.”

1 Samuel 28:13

He said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Tell me what you see.” The woman said, “I see a ghostly figure. He’s coming up out of the earth.”