Genesis 44:34

How can I go up to my father if the young man is not with me—for fear that I would see the tragedy that would overtake my [elderly] father [if Benjamin does not return]?”

Esther 8:6

For how can I endure to see the tragedy that will happen to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”

Exodus 18:8

Moses told his father-in-law about all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and about all the hardship that had happened during the journey, and how the Lord had rescued them.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar; your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul will grieve, and all those born in your house will die as men [in the prime of life].

2 Chronicles 34:28

“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers [in death], and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I am going to bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” So they brought back word to the king.

Job 31:29


“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?

Psalm 116:3


The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 119:143


Trouble and anguish have found me,
Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy.

Jeremiah 52:10-11

The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah at Riblah.

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Summary

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

Bible References

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1 Samuel 2:33
Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar; your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul will grieve, and all those born in your house will die as men [in the prime of life].
2 Chronicles 34:28
“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers [in death], and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I am going to bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” So they brought back word to the king.
Esther 8:6
For how can I endure to see the tragedy that will happen to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Jeremiah 52:10
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the princes of Judah at Riblah.