1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
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1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
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2 Samuel 15:1
Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.
1 Samuel 8:11
And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;
1 Kings 1:33
And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and put Solomon my son on my beast, yes, mine, and take him down to Gihon;
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
1 Samuel 22:17
Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.
2 Samuel 15:13
And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Proverbs 17:19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
Jeremiah 22:14
Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
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1 Kings 1:6
Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
1 Kings 1:7
And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.
1 Kings 1:8
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet and Shimei and Rei, and David's men of war did not take the side of Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:9
Then Adonijah put to death sheep and oxen and fat beasts by the stone of Zoheleth, by En-rogel; and he sent for all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants, to come to him:
1 Kings 1:10
But he did not send for Nathan the prophet and Benaiah and the other men of war and Solomon his brother.
1 Kings 1:11
Then Nathan said to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon, Has it not come to your ears that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king without the knowledge of David our lord?
1 Kings 1:24
And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?
1 Kings 1:25
Because today he has gone down and has put to death oxen and fat beasts and sheep in great numbers, and has sent for all the king's sons to come to him, with the captains of the army and Abiathar the priest; and they are feasting before him and crying, Long life to King Adonijah!
1 Kings 2:13
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you in peace? And he said, Yes, in peace.
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2 Samuel 3:3
And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 3:4
And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;
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Deuteronomy 17:16
And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
1 Kings 10:26
And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10:27
And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
1 Kings 10:28
And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.
Psalms 20:7
Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
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1 Kings 2:24
Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day.
1 Kings 2:25
And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
2 Samuel 18:14
Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.
1 Kings 2:22
Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his side.
1 Kings 12:14
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
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1 Chronicles 22:9
But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;
1 Chronicles 22:10
He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.
1 Kings 1:13
Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?
1 Kings 1:48
Then the king said, May the God of Israel be praised, who has given one of my seed to be king in my place this day and has let my eyes see it.
1 Kings 2:15
And he said, You saw how the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had the idea that I would be their king; but now the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's, for it was given to him by the Lord.
1 Chronicles 28:5
And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.
2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:4
And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!
2 Kings 14:10
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?
Psalms 49:11
The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
Isaiah 14:13
For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.
Isaiah 22:16
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
Habakkuk 2:5
A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.
Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
Luke 11:43
A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
Luke 22:24
And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
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