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1 Kings 1:52

Solomon
Mercy and compassion

50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.

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BSB
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
KJV
And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
WEB
Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
ASV
And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
DARBY
And Solomon said, If he be a worthy man, there shall not one of his hairs fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
BLB
And Solomon said, “If he is a son of strength not one hair of him shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
ÅB
Da sa Salomo: Vil han være en bra mann, skal det ikke falle et hår av hans hode til jorden; men blir det funnet noe ondt hos ham, skal han dø.
OTB
Og Salomo sa, “Hvis han er en verdig mann, skal ikke ett hår av ham falle til jorden; men hvis det finnes ondskap i ham, skal han dø.”
B1930
Da sa Salomo: Vil han være en bra mann, skal det ikke falle et hår av hans hode til jorden; men blir det funnet noget ondt hos ham, skal han dø.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:11

    Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

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  • Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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  • Proverbs 21:12

    The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

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  • 1 Kings 2:21–25

    And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

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  • Job 15:22

    He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

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  • Acts 27:34

    Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

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  • Luke 21:18

    But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

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