1 Kings 21:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Heavy

Habakkuk 2:9

I will not

1 Kings 21:3

Numbers 22:13

And he laid him

General references

Deuteronomy 5:21

Bible References

Heavy

And the king of Israel went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

I will not

But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."

So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you."

And he laid him

but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

and give no opportunity to the devil.

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

General references

"'And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.'