1 Kings 21:23

• §2538Article 10 · The Tenth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “Envy can lead to the worst crimes.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-7; 1 Kings 21:1-29.

John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.11Conference VI

  “If Ahab die in the city, the dogs shall eat him: but if he die in the field the birds of the air shall eat him,” and this which is threatened as the greatest threat of all: “Thy dead body shall not be brought to the sepulchre of thy fathers.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 21–24.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 122

  ““Thus saith the Lord, hast thou killed and also taken possession?” and again, “in the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine;” and “the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xxi. 19, 23.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy III.9Book III

  “The Lord also declared that the woman’s cruelty should be punished by a fitting penalty, because she was unmindful of virtue and preferred a shameful gain.” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xxi. 23.

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• Psalm 7:4

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• Proverbs 11:1

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• Proverbs 20:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 1 Samuel 24:10

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:21

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:22

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:23

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:24

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:25

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:26

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.

• 2 Samuel 1:27

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.9.