Bible Cross References
his destruction
Proverbs 10:8
A wise man in heart will receive commandments, but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.
Proverbs 10:14
The wise will hide discretion, but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.
Proverbs 12:13
For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare, but a righteous man escapes from them. [ 12:13A] He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
Proverbs 13:3
He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life, but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:11-14
11
If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
12
The words of a wise mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his talk mischievous madness.
14
A fool moreover multiplies words. No man knows what has been, nor what will be. Who shall tell him what will come after him?
his lips
Proverbs 6:2
For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.
Judges 11:35
And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, you have indeed troubled me, and you are the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against you to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
1 Samuel 14:24-46
24
And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he placed a curse on the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy. And none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining.
25
Now all [the people] of the land came to a forest; and there was honey on the ground.
26
And the people went into the place of the bees, and behold, they continued speaking; but there was none that put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath of the Lord.
27
And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight.
28
And one of the people answered and said, Your father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread today. And the people were very faint,
29
and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight [now] that I have tasted a little of this honey.
30
Surely if the people had this day eaten freely of the spoils of their enemies which they found, the slaughter among the Philistines would have been greater.
31
And on that day he struck some of the Philistines in Michmash; and the people were very weary.
32
And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and killed them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
33
And it was reported to Saul, saying, The people have sinned against the Lord, eating with the blood. And Saul said, Roll a large stone to me here.
34
And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring here everyone his calf, and everyone his sheep; and let them kill it on this stone and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And the people brought each one that which was in his hand, and they killed them there.
35
And Saul built an altar there to the Lord (this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord).
36
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and let us plunder among them till daybreak, and let us not leave a man among them. And they said, Do all that is good in your sight. And the priest said, let us draw near to God here.
37
And Saul inquired of God, If I go down after the Philistines, will You deliver them into the hands of Israel? And He answered him not in that day.
38
And Saul said, Bring here all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day.
39
For as the Lord lives who has saved Israel, if [the] answer should be against my son Jonathan, he shall surely die. And there was no one that answered out of all the people.
40
And he said to all the men of Israel, You shall be under subjection, and I and Jonathan my son will be under subjection. And the people said to Saul, Do that which is good in your sight.
41
And Saul said, O Lord God of Israel, why have You not answered Your servant this day? Is the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? Lord God of Israel, give clear [manifestations], and if [the lot] should declare this, give holiness, I pray, to Your people of Israel. And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people escaped.
42
And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and my son Jonathan: whomever the Lord shall cause to be taken by lot, let him die. And the people said to Saul, This thing is not [to be done]. And Saul prevailed against the people, and they cast lots between him and Jonathan his son, and Jonathan was taken by lot.
43
And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did indeed taste a little honey, with the end of my staff that was in my hand; and behold, I am to die!
44
And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, you shall surely die today.
45
And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has accomplished this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? [As] the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have done good this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
46
And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines departed to their place.
Mark 6:23-28
23
He also swore to her, "Whatever you may ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
24
And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"
25
Immediately she came in with haste to the king and she requested, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
26
And the king became exceedingly sorry; yet, because of his oaths and of those who reclined with him, he did not want to refuse her.
27
And immediately the king, having sent an executioner, commanded his head to be brought. And having departed, he beheaded him in the prison,
28
and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
Acts 23:14-22
14
who came to the chief priests and to the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by oath with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
15
Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you are going to determine more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him."
16
But when Paul's sister's son heard about the ambush, he came and entered into the barracks, and told [this] to Paul.
17
And Paul, summoning one of the centurions and said, "Lead this young man away to the commander, for he has something to tell him."
18
Therefore taking him along, he brought him to the commander and said, "The prisoner Paul, having summoned me, asked me to bring this young man to you, for he has something to say to you."
19
And the commander, taking him by his hand, withdrew to a private place and inquired, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
20
And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask that tomorrow you bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin, as though they are going to learn something more accurate concerning him.
21
Therefore you [must] not be persuaded by them; for more than four hundred of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves by a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they kill him; and now they are prepared, waiting for the promise from you."
22
Then the commander dismissed the young man, and commanded him, "Tell no one that you have made known these things to me."