1 Kings 3:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

Cross References

1 Kings 3:24

And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.

1 Kings 3:26

Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means slay it.” But the other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.”

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?