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
Lest
1 Samuel 2:33
The only one I will not cut off from my altar [is you]. [Rather], to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, {all the members of your household} will die [as] men.
2 Chronicles 34:28
'Behold, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see any of the disaster that I am bringing upon this place.'" '"
Esther 8:6
For {how can I bear} to look on the disaster that will find my people, and {how can I bear} to look on the destruction of my family?"
Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah.