Bible Cross References
his destruction
Proverbs 10:8
Sensible people accept good advice. People who talk foolishly will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:14
The wise get all the knowledge they can, but when fools speak, trouble is not far off.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked are trapped by their own words, but honest people get themselves out of trouble.
Proverbs 13:3
Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:11-14
11
Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.
12
What the wise say brings them honor, but fools are destroyed by their own words.
13
They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness.
14
A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.
his lips
Proverbs 6:2
Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises?
Judges 11:35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes in sorrow and said, "Oh, my daughter! You are breaking my heart! Why must it be you that causes me pain? I have made a solemn promise to the LORD, and I cannot take it back!"
1 Samuel 14:24-46
24
The Israelites were weak with hunger that day, because Saul, with a solemn oath, had given the order: "A curse be on anyone who eats any food today before I take revenge on my enemies." So nobody had eaten anything all day.
25
They all came into a wooded area and found honey everywhere.
26
The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse.
27
But Jonathan had not heard his father threaten the people with a curse; so he reached out with the stick he was carrying, dipped it in a honeycomb, and ate some honey. At once he felt much better.
28
But one of the men told him, "We are all weak from hunger, but your father threatened us and said, 'A curse be on anyone who eats any food today.' "
29
Jonathan answered, "What a terrible thing my father has done to our people! See how much better I feel because I ate some honey!
30
How much better it would have been today if our people had eaten the food they took when they defeated the enemy. Just think how many more Philistines they would have killed!"
31
That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines, fighting all the way from Michmash to Aijalon. By this time the Israelites were very weak from hunger,
32
and so they rushed over to what they had captured from the enemy, took sheep and cattle, slaughtered them on the spot, and ate the meat with the blood still in it.
33
Saul was told, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood in it." "You are traitors!" Saul cried out. "Roll a big stone over here to me."
34
Then he gave another order: "Go among the people and tell them all to bring their cattle and sheep here. They are to slaughter them and eat them here; they must not sin against the LORD by eating meat with blood in it." So that night they all brought their cattle and slaughtered them there.
35
Saul built an altar to the LORD, the first one that he built.
36
Saul said to his men, "Let's go down and attack the Philistines in the night, plunder them until dawn, and kill them all." "Do whatever you think best," they answered. But the priest said, "Let's consult God first."
37
So Saul asked God, "Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give us victory?" But God did not answer that day.
38
Then Saul said to the leaders of the people, "Come here and find out what sin was committed today.
39
I promise by the living LORD, who gives Israel victory, that the guilty one will be put to death, even if he is my son Jonathan." But no one said anything.
40
Then Saul said to them, "All of you stand over there, and Jonathan and I will stand over here." "Do whatever you think best," they answered.
41
Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, " LORD, why have you not answered me today? LORD, God of Israel, answer me by the sacred stones. If the guilt is Jonathan's or mine, answer by the Urim; but if it belongs to your people Israel, answer by the Thummim." The answer indicated Jonathan and Saul; and the people were cleared.
42
Then Saul said, "Decide between my son Jonathan and me." And Jonathan was indicated.
43
Then Saul asked Jonathan, "What have you done?" Jonathan answered, "I ate a little honey with the stick I was holding. Here I am---I am ready to die."
44
Saul said to him, "May God strike me dead if you are not put to death!"
45
But the people said to Saul, "Will Jonathan, who won this great victory for Israel, be put to death? No! We promise by the living LORD that he will not lose even a hair from his head. What he did today was done with God's help." So the people saved Jonathan from being put to death.
46
After that, Saul stopped pursuing the Philistines, and they went back to their own territory.
Mark 6:23-28
23
With many vows he said to her, "I swear that I will give you anything you ask for, even as much as half my kingdom!"
24
So the girl went out and asked her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.
25
The girl hurried back at once to the king and demanded, "I want you to give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!"
26
This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.
27
So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off;
28
then he brought it on a plate and gave it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
Acts 23:14-22
14
Then they went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn vow together not to eat a thing until we have killed Paul.
15
Now then, you and the Council send word to the Roman commander to bring Paul down to you, pretending that you want to get more accurate information about him. But we will be ready to kill him before he ever gets here."
16
But the son of Paul's sister heard about the plot; so he went to the fort and told Paul.
17
Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, "Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him."
18
The officer took him, led him to the commander, and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to say to you."
19
The commander took him by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, "What do you have to tell me?"
20
He said, "The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council, pretending that the Council wants to get more accurate information about him.
21
But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision."
22
The commander said, "Don't tell anyone that you have reported this to me." And he sent the young man away.