Bible Cross References
a prophet
1 Kings 18:1-46
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After some time, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, "Go and present yourself to King Ahab, and I will send rain."
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So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,
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so Ahab called in Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the LORD,
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and when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took a hundred of them, hid them in caves in two groups of fifty, and provided them with food and water.)
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Ahab said to Obadiah, "Let us go and look at every spring and every stream bed in the land to see if we can find enough grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Maybe we won't have to kill any of our animals."
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They agreed on which part of the land each one would explore, and set off in different directions.
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As Obadiah was on his way, he suddenly met Elijah. He recognized him, bowed low before him, and asked, "Is it really you, sir?"
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"Yes, I'm Elijah," he answered. "Go and tell your master the king that I am here."
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Obadiah answered, "What have I done that you want to put me in danger of being killed by King Ahab?
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By the living LORD, your God, I swear that the king has made a search for you in every country in the world. Whenever the ruler of a country reported that you were not in his country, Ahab would require that ruler to swear that you could not be found.
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And now you want me to go and tell him that you are here?
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What if the spirit of the LORD carries you off to some unknown place as soon as I leave? Then, when I tell Ahab that you are here and he can't find you, he will put me to death. Remember that I have been a devout worshiper of the LORD ever since I was a boy.
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Haven't you heard that when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD I hid a hundred of them in caves, in two groups of fifty, and supplied them with food and water?
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So how can you order me to go and tell the king that you are here? He will kill me!"
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Elijah answered, "By the living LORD Almighty, whom I serve, I promise that I will present myself to the king today."
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So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him, and Ahab set off to meet Elijah.
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When Ahab saw him, he said, "So there you are---the worst troublemaker in Israel!"
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"I'm not the troublemaker," Elijah answered. "You are---you and your father. You are disobeying the LORD's commands and worshiping the idols of Baal.
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Now order all the people of Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. Bring along the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah who are supported by Queen Jezebel."
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So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and the prophets of Baal to meet at Mount Carmel.
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Elijah went up to the people and said, "How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the LORD is God, worship him; but if Baal is God, worship him!" But the people didn't say a word.
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Then Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the LORD still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
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Bring two bulls; let the prophets of Baal take one, kill it, cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood---but don't light the fire. I will do the same with the other bull.
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Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the LORD, and the one who answers by sending fire---he is God." The people shouted their approval.
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since there are so many of you, you take a bull and prepare it first. Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood."
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They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, "Answer us, Baal!" and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.
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At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
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So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.
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They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.
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Then Elijah said to the people, "Come closer to me," and they all gathered around him. He set about repairing the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.
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He took twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes named for the sons of Jacob, the man to whom the LORD had given the name Israel.
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With these stones he rebuilt the altar for the worship of the LORD. He dug a trench around it, large enough to hold about four gallons of water.
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Then he placed the wood on the altar, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood." They did so,
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and he said, "Do it again"---and they did. "Do it once more," he said---and they did.
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The water ran down around the altar and filled the trench.
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At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove now that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant and have done all this at your command.
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Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you are bringing them back to yourself."
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The LORD sent fire down, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, scorched the earth and dried up the water in the trench.
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When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, "The LORD is God; the LORD alone is God!"
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Elijah ordered, "Seize the prophets of Baal; don't let any of them get away!" The people seized them all, and Elijah led them down to Kishon Brook and killed them.
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Then Elijah said to King Ahab, "Now, go and eat. I hear the roar of rain approaching."
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While Ahab went to eat, Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel, where he bowed down to the ground, with his head between his knees.
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He said to his servant, "Go and look toward the sea." The servant went and returned, saying, "I didn't see a thing." Seven times in all Elijah told him to go and look.
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The seventh time he returned and said, "I saw a little cloud no bigger than a man's hand, coming up from the sea." Elijah ordered his servant, "Go to King Ahab and tell him to get in his chariot and go back home before the rain stops him."
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In a little while the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind began to blow, and a heavy rain began to fall. Ahab got in his chariot and started back to Jezreel.
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The power of the LORD came on Elijah; he fastened his clothes tight around his waist and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
1 Corinthians 14:4
Those who speak in strange tongues help only themselves, but those who proclaim God's message help the whole church.
Exodus 4:16
He will be your spokesman and speak to the people for you. Then you will be like God, telling him what to say.
Exodus 7:1
The LORD said, "I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet.
Exodus 12:1-3
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The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:
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"This month is to be the first month of the year for you.
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Give these instructions to the whole community of Israel: On the tenth day of this month each man must choose either a lamb or a young goat for his household.
Exodus 18:17
Then Jethro said, "You are not doing this right.
Exodus 7:1
The LORD said, "I am going to make you like God to the king, and your brother Aaron will speak to him as your prophet.
1 Chronicles 16:22
"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
Psalm 25:14
The LORD is the friend of those who obey him and he affirms his covenant with them.
Psalm 105:9-15
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He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
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The LORD made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
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"I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
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God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
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They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
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But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
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"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
Hebrews 1:1
In the past God spoke to our ancestors many times and in many ways through the prophets,
pray
Leviticus 6:4
When you sin in any of these ways, you must repay whatever you got by dishonest means. On the day you are found guilty, you must repay the owner in full, plus an additional 20 percent.
Leviticus 6:7
The priest shall offer the sacrifice for your sin, and you will be forgiven.
1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel called for all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah, telling them, "I will pray to the LORD for you there."
1 Samuel 7:8
and said to Samuel, "Keep praying to the LORD our God to save us from the Philistines."
1 Samuel 12:19
and they said to Samuel, "Please, sir, pray to the LORD your God for us, so that we won't die. We now realize that, besides all our other sins, we have sinned by asking for a king."
1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, the LORD forbid that I should sin against him by no longer praying for you. Instead, I will teach you what is good and right for you to do.
2 Samuel 24:17
David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the LORD, "I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family."
1 Kings 13:6
King Jeroboam said to the prophet, "Please pray for me to the LORD your God, and ask him to heal my arm!" The prophet prayed to the LORD, and the king's arm was healed.
2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman left in a rage, saying, "I thought that he would at least come out to me, pray to the LORD his God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and cure me!
2 Kings 19:2-4
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He sent Eliakim, the official in charge of the palace, Shebna, the court secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They also were wearing sackcloth.
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This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: "Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.
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The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the LORD your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive."
Job 42:8
Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."
Jeremiah 14:11
The LORD said to me, "Do not ask me to help these people.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.
Jeremiah 27:18
If they are really prophets and if they have my message, let them ask me, the LORD Almighty, not to allow the treasures that remain in the Temple and in the royal palace to be taken to Babylonia."
James 5:14-16
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Are any among you sick? They should send for the church elders, who will pray for them and rub olive oil on them in the name of the Lord.
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This prayer made in faith will heal the sick; the Lord will restore them to health, and the sins they have committed will be forgiven.
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So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect.
1 John 5:16
If you see a believer commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray to God, who will give that person life. This applies to those whose sins do not lead to death. But there is sin which leads to death, and I do not say that you should pray to God about that.
Revelation 11:5
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and destroys their enemies; and in this way whoever tries to harm them will be killed.
Revelation 11:6
They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
surely
Genesis 20:18
(SEE 20:17)
Genesis 2:17
except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree; if you do, you will die the same day."
Genesis 12:17
But because the king had taken Sarai, the LORD sent terrible diseases on him and on the people of his palace.
Job 34:19
He does not take the side of rulers nor favor the rich over the poor, for he created everyone.
Psalm 105:14
But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
Ezekiel 3:18
If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
Ezekiel 33:8
If I announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I will hold you responsible for his death.
Ezekiel 33:14-16
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I may warn someone evil that he is going to die, but if he stops sinning and does what is right and good---
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for example, if he returns the security he took for a loan or gives back what he stole---if he stops sinning and follows the laws that give life, he will not die, but live.
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I will forgive the sins he has committed, and he will live because he has done what is right and good.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
all
Genesis 12:15
Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace.
Numbers 16:32
and swallowed them and their families, together with all of Korah's followers and their possessions.
Numbers 16:33
So they went down alive to the world of the dead, with their possessions. The earth closed over them, and they vanished.
2 Samuel 24:17
David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the LORD, "I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family."