1 Kings 20:39

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the thick of the battle; then a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if he is missing, your life shall be given for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’

Cross References

1 Kings 20:40

While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”

1 Kings 20:42

Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life and your people for his people.”

2 Kings 10:24

Then they proceeded to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside, saying, “Whoever allows any of those to escape whom I deliver into your hands shall forfeit his life.”

Job 36:18

Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Psalm 49:7

Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life; there is no price one can give to God for it.

Exodus 21:30

If a ransom is imposed on the owner, then the owner shall pay whatever is imposed for the redemption of the victim’s life.

Proverbs 13:8

Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life, but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

Proverbs 6:35

He will accept no compensation and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.

Jeremiah 48:10

Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord, and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed.