1 Samuel 28:23

Saul refused, saying, "I won't eat!"

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went back to his palace, sullen and in a foul mood, because Naboth the Jezreelite had turned down Ahab's offer by saying "I will not transfer my ancestors' inheritance to you!" He laid down on his bed, curled up with his face to the wall, and refused to eat.

2 Kings 4:8

Some time later, Elisha went to Shunem, where he met a prominent and wealthy woman who persuaded him to have a meal with her. As a result, whenever he was in the area, he stopped by to eat with her.

2 Kings 5:13

But then his servants approached him and spoke with him. They said, "My father, had the prophet only asked of you something great, you would have done it, wouldn't you? Yet he told you, "Bathe, and be clean"!'"

Proverbs 25:20

Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

Luke 14:23

Then the master told the servant, "Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.

Luke 24:29

But they strongly urged him, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the daylight is nearly gone." So he went in to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.

2 Corinthians 5:14

The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have 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
Ahab went back to his palace, sullen and in a foul mood, because Naboth the Jezreelite had turned down Ahab's offer by saying "I will not transfer my ancestors' inheritance to you!" He laid down on his bed, curled up with his face to the wall, and refused to eat.
Proverbs 25:20
Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.

Compelled him

2 Kings 4:8
Some time later, Elisha went to Shunem, where he met a prominent and wealthy woman who persuaded him to have a meal with her. As a result, whenever he was in the area, he stopped by to eat with her.
Luke 14:23
Then the master told the servant, "Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.
Luke 24:29
But they strongly urged him, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the daylight is nearly gone." So he went in to stay with them.
Acts 16:15
When she and her family were baptized, she urged us, "If you are convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home." And she continued to insist that we do so.
2 Corinthians 5:14
The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.

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