1 Kings 1:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.”
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“Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 1:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- Judges 9:5He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- 1 Kings 1:21Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
- 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- 2 Chronicles 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- Proverbs 11:14For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
- Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
- Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- Jeremiah 38:15“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
- Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
- Acts 27:31But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
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