1 Kings 21:11

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Summary

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

Did as jezebel

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Did as jezebel

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives.

Thou shalt not admit a false rumour; put not thine hand with the wicked to be a false witness.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither pleasing the poor, nor favoring the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Then the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn and slay the priests of the LORD because their hand also is with David and because they knew when he fled and did not show it to me. But the slaves of the king would not put forth their hands to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

Now, therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye are mine and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take the heads of the male sons of your master and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy males, were with the great men of the city, who had brought them up.

And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not worship thy god, nor honour the statue which thou hast raised up.

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.

For the statutes of Omri have been kept and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye have walked in their counsels that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

And being warned by divine revelation in dreams that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Then Peter and John answered and said unto them, Judge whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We must persuade God rather than men.

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And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew slave, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to dishonour me;

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.