1 Kings 2:23

New Living Translation

Then King Solomon made a vow before the Lord: “May God strike me and even kill me if Adonijah has not sealed his fate with this request.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:13

And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”

2 Samuel 3:35

David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”

2 Samuel 3:9

May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t do everything I can to help David get what the Lord has promised him!

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.”

1 Kings 20:10

Then Ben-hadad sent this message to Ahab: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers.”

2 Kings 6:31

“May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders this very day,” the king vowed.

Psalm 140:9

Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.

Psalm 64:8

Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

Proverbs 20:2

The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar; to rouse his anger is to risk your life.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Luke 19:22

“‘You wicked servant!’ the king roared. ‘Your own words condemn you. If you knew that I’m a hard man who takes what isn’t mine and harvests crops I didn’t plant,

Ruth 1:17

Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”

1 Samuel 14:44

“Yes, Jonathan,” Saul said, “you must die! May God strike me and even kill me if you do not die for this.”