And the spirit of Ahab was troubled, and he lay down upon his bed, and covered his face, and ate no bread.

As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. [ 25:20A] As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

Now it happened one day that Elisha passed over to Shunem, and [there was] a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread. And it came to pass as often as he went into [the city, that] he turned aside to eat there.

Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, so that my house may be filled.

But they constrained Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." And He went in to stay with them.

And when she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay." So she persuaded us.

For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this: that if One died for all, then all died;