Quotes About Warning

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ëOn the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will dieí? And you told me, ëThe sentence is fair; I will comply.í

Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORDís command.

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ëYou must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.í”

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ëBecause you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.í”

As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.í For the LORD has spoken.

As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.í”

Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ëGuard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.í

I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.í

Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didnít I tell you not to go?”

And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”