Genesis 44:34

After all, how can I go back to my father if the young man doesn't accompany me? I'm afraid of what might happen to my father."

Esther 8:6

Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?"

Exodus 18:8

Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians on Israel's behalf, all the hardships that they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

Any of you whom I don't eliminate from serving at my altar will grow tired from weeping, and their souls will grieve. All the increase of your family will die by violence.

2 Chronicles 34:28

"Look! I'm going to take you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in your grave in peace so that you won't have to see all the evil that I'm going to bring to this place and to its inhabitants."'" So they all brought back this message to the king.

Job 31:29

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.

Psalm 119:143

Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight.

Jeremiah 52:10-11

The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and he also killed all the Judean officials at Riblah.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
Any of you whom I don't eliminate from serving at my altar will grow tired from weeping, and their souls will grieve. All the increase of your family will die by violence.
2 Chronicles 34:28
"Look! I'm going to take you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in your grave in peace so that you won't have to see all the evil that I'm going to bring to this place and to its inhabitants."'" So they all brought back this message to the king.
Esther 8:6
Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?"
Jeremiah 52:10
The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and he also killed all the Judean officials at Riblah.

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