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1 Kings 21:13

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And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

And there came {H935} in two {H8147} men {H582}, children {H1121} of Belial {H1100}, and sat {H3427} before him: and the men {H582} of Belial {H1100} witnessed {H5749} against him, even against Naboth {H5022}, in the presence of the people {H5971}, saying {H559}, Naboth {H5022} did blaspheme {H1288} God {H430} and the king {H4428}. Then they carried him forth {H3318} out {H2351} of the city {H5892}, and stoned {H5619} him with stones {H68}, that he died {H4191}.

The two good-for-nothing men came in and sat opposite him, and these scoundrels publicly accused Navot, saying, "Navot cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death,

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

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  • 2 Kings 9:26 (4 votes)

    Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.

  • Malachi 3:5 (2 votes)

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Exodus 20:16 (2 votes)

    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Leviticus 24:11 (2 votes)

    And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

  • Leviticus 24:16 (2 votes)

    And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death.

  • Deuteronomy 5:20 (2 votes)

    Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Proverbs 19:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.