Bible Cross References
Because
1 Kings 21:2
One day Ahab said to Naboth, "Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will pay you a fair price."
Esther 5:9-14
9
When Haman left the banquet he was happy and in a good mood. But then he saw Mordecai at the entrance of the palace, and when Mordecai did not rise or show any sign of respect as he passed, Haman was furious with him.
10
But he controlled himself and went on home. Then he invited his friends to his house and asked his wife Zeresh to join them.
11
He boasted to them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's other officials.
12
"What is more," Haman went on, "Queen Esther gave a banquet for no one but the king and me, and we are invited back tomorrow.
13
But none of this means a thing to me as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the entrance of the palace."
14
So his wife and all his friends suggested, "Why don't you have a gallows built, seventy-five feet tall? Tomorrow morning you can ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it, and then you can go to the banquet happy." Haman thought this was a good idea, so he had the gallows built.
Esther 6:12
Mordecai then went back to the palace entrance while Haman hurried home, covering his face in embarrassment.
Proverbs 14:30
Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
James 4:2-7
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You want things, but you cannot have them, so you are ready to kill; you strongly desire things, but you cannot get them, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.
3
And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.
4
Unfaithful people! Don't you know that to be the world's friend means to be God's enemy? If you want to be the world's friend, you make yourself God's enemy.
5
Don't think that there is no truth in the scripture that says, "The spirit that God placed in us is filled with fierce desires."
6
But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.
I will not give
1 Kings 21:3
"I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors," Naboth replied. "The LORD forbid that I should let you have it!"
1 Kings 21:4
Ahab went home, depressed and angry over what Naboth had said to him. He lay down on his bed, facing the wall, and would not eat.