Ruth 1:17
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17 Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
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1 Samuel 3:17
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17 “What did the Lord say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!”
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2 Kings 6:31
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31 “May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders this very day,” the king vowed.
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1 Kings 2:23
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23 Then King Solomon made a vow before the Lord: “May God strike me and even kill me if Adonijah has not sealed his fate with this request.
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2 Samuel 19:13
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13 And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”
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1 Kings 20:10
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10 Then Ben-hadad sent this message to Ahab: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers.”
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1 Samuel 25:22
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22 May God strike me and kill me[a] if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”
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- 25:22 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads May God strike and kill the enemies of David.
2 Samuel 3:35
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35 David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”
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Acts 11:23
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23 When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if by this time tomorrow I have not killed you just as you killed them.”
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2 Samuel 3:9
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9 May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t do everything I can to help David get what the Lord has promised him!
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Acts 20:24
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24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
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