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

Then the king of Israel went to his house, sullen and angry, and he came to Samaria.

For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.

But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.

And this {was greatly displeasing} to Jonah, and {he became furious}.

Woe to [him who] obtains profit [from] evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be saved from the hand of misfortune!

I will not

Naboth said to Ahab, "Far be it from me from Yahweh that I should give the inheritance of my ancestors to you."

Balaam got up in the morning, and he said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, because Yahweh refused to allow me to go with you."

And he laid him

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

And Amnon {was so frustrated that he felt ill} because of Tamar his sister, because she [was] a virgin, and it [was] too difficult in Amnon's eyes to do anything with her.

{Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

The end of a matter [is] better than its beginning; {better to be slow to anger than hot-headed}.

nor give place to the devil.

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.

General references

'And you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, and you shall not crave the house of your neighbor, his field or his slave or his slave woman or his ox and his donkey or anything {that belongs to your neighbor}.'