Matthew 14:9

Herod Kills John The Baptist

⁸ And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. ⁹ And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her; ¹⁰ And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

Herod

John

Numbers 30:5-8

But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

Judges 11:30-31

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

Judges 11:39

And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

Judges 21:1

Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

Judges 21:7-23

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

1 Samuel 14:24

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

1 Samuel 14:39-45

For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.

1 Samuel 25:22

May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

1 Samuel 25:32-34

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

2 Kings 6:31-33

Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

Daniel 6:14-16

When this thing came to the king's ears, it was very evil to him, and his heart was fixed on keeping Daniel safe, and till the going down of the sun he was doing everything in his power to get him free.

Matthew 14:1

At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

Matthew 14:5

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

Matthew 27:17-26

So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

Mark 6:14

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

Mark 6:20

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

Mark 6:26

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

Luke 13:32

And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.

John 19:12-16

Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

Acts 24:23-27

And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

Acts 25:3-9

Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.