1 Kings 1:52 “And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair o…”

1 Kings 1:52

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Salomon sayd, If he will shewe him selfe a worthy man, there shall not an heare of him fall to the earth, but if wickednes be found in him, he shall dye.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And Solomon saith, 'If he becometh a virtuous man — there doth not fall of his hair to the earth, and if evil is found in him — then he hath died.'

Bible in Basic English

And Solomon said, If he is seen to be a man of good faith, not a hair of him will be touched; but if any wrongdoing is seen in him, he is to be put to death.

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Cross references

“there shall”

1 Samuel 14:45 2 Samuel 14:11 Acts 27:34 Luke 21:18 Matthew 10:30

1 Samuel 14:45 · BSB

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has acco…

2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB

“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of…

Acts 27:34 · BSB

So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

Luke 21:18 · BSB

Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

Matthew 10:30 · BSB

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

“wickedness”

Proverbs 13:6 1 Kings 2:21–25 Job 15:22 Proverbs 21:12

Proverbs 13:6 · BSB

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

1 Kings 2:21–25 · BSB

So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

Job 15:22 · BSB

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Proverbs 21:12 · BSB

The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

51It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

53So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”

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