1 Kings 21:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.”
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“And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and two men--sons of worthlessness--come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 21:13 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Leviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
- Numbers 15:35And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
- Numbers 15:36So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Deuteronomy 13:10Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
- Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 22:24you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Joshua 7:24Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- 2 Kings 9:26‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
- Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
- Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 19:28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
- Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
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