1 Kings 21:4

New Living Translation

So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth’s answer. The king went to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:2

Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.

2 Samuel 13:4

One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?” So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

1 Kings 20:43

So the king of Israel went home to Samaria angry and sullen.

1 Kings 21:1

Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

1 Kings 21:3

But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance that was passed down by my ancestors.”

1 Kings 21:5

“What’s the matter?” his wife Jezebel asked him. “What’s made you so upset that you’re not eating?”

Esther 5:13

Then he added, “But this is all worth nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew just sitting there at the palace gate.”

Job 5:2

Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

Jonah 4:1

This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry.

Jonah 4:4

The Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”

Jonah 4:8

And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?” “Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”

Ephesians 4:27

for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

James 1:14

Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.

1 Samuel 28:23

But Saul refused to eat anything. Then his advisers joined the woman in urging him to eat, so he finally yielded and got up from the ground and sat on the couch.