2 Chronicles 18:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’””
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“and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this <FI>one<Fi> in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 18:26 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
- 1 Kings 22:26And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- 2 Chronicles 18:15But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- Psalms 80:5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
- Isaiah 30:20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Jeremiah 20:2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
- Luke 3:19But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
- Acts 5:18and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
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