1 Samuel 28:23

He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Kings 21:4

So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, “I will not give you my fathers’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”

Proverbs 25:20

Singing songs to a troubled heart
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.

Luke 14:23

“Then the master told the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

Luke 24:29

But they urged Him: “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

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Summary

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

Bible References

I will

1 Kings 21:4
So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, “I will not give you my fathers’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.
Proverbs 25:20
Singing songs to a troubled heart
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.

Compelled him

2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
Luke 14:23
“Then the master told the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and lanes and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
Luke 24:29
But they urged Him: “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
Acts 16:15
After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: If One died for all, then all died.

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