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

The king of Israel left for home resentful and angry, and he entered Samaria.

For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.

But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!

I will not

But Naboth said to Ahab, “I will never give my fathers’ inheritance to you.”

So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your land, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

And he laid him

but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

Amnon was frustrated to the point of making himself sick over his sister Tamar because she was a virgin, but it seemed impossible to do anything to her.

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

and don’t give the Devil an opportunity.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.

General references

Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.