Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
Cursed
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Bible References
Cursed
1 Samuel 14:24
But the men of Israel were hard-pressed that day, because Saul had put the people under a curse, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the people ate any food.
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Judges 14:9
So he scraped the honey out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some, and they ate it; but he did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
Mark 8:3 If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.”