1 Kings 2:23

WEB

²³Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

KJV

²³Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

BSB

²³Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

FBV

²³Then King Solomon vowed before the Lord, “May God punish me, really punish me, if what Adonijah has asked for doesn't cost him his life.

Extra References

Ruth 1:17

¹⁷Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”

Psalms 140:9

⁹As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalms 64:8

⁸Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

2 Kings 6:31

³¹Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

Proverbs 18:6-7

⁶A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. ⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

¹²The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

2 Samuel 3:35

³⁵All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”

2 Samuel 19:13

¹³Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually instead of Joab.’”

1 Samuel 14:44

⁴⁴Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”

Luke 19:22

²²“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.