Bible Cross References
the Lord
Jeremiah 11:19
I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, "Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."
1 Samuel 23:11
Will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to Saul? Will Saul really come, as I have heard? LORD, God of Israel, I beg you to answer me!" The LORD answered, "Saul will come."
1 Samuel 23:12
"And will the citizens of Keilah hand my men and me over to Saul?" David asked again. "They will," the LORD answered.
2 Kings 6:9
But Elisha sent word to the king of Israel, warning him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting in ambush there.
2 Kings 6:10
So the king of Israel warned the people who lived in that place, and they were on guard. This happened several times.
2 Kings 6:14-20
14
he sent a large force there with horses and chariots. They reached the town at night and surrounded it.
15
Early the next morning Elisha's servant got up, went out of the house, and saw the Syrian troops with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. He went back to Elisha and exclaimed, "We are doomed, sir! What shall we do?"
16
"Don't be afraid," Elisha answered. "We have more on our side than they have on theirs."
17
Then he prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!" The LORD answered his prayer, and Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18
When the Syrians attacked, Elisha prayed, "O LORD, strike these men blind!" The LORD answered his prayer and struck them blind.
19
Then Elisha went to them and said, "You are on the wrong road; this is not the town you are looking for. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are after." And he led them to Samaria.
20
As soon as they had entered the city, Elisha prayed, "Open their eyes, LORD, and let them see." The LORD answered his prayer; he restored their sight, and they saw that they were inside Samaria.
Ezekiel 8:6-18
6
God said to me, "Mortal man, do you see what is happening? Look at the disgusting things the people of Israel are doing here, driving me farther and farther away from my holy place. You will see even more disgraceful things than this."
7
He took me to the entrance of the outer courtyard and showed me a hole in the wall.
8
He said, "Mortal man, break through the wall here." I broke through it and found a door.
9
He told me, "Go in and look at the evil, disgusting things they are doing there."
10
So I went in and looked. The walls were covered with drawings of snakes and other unclean animals, and of the other things which the Israelites were worshiping.
11
Seventy Israelite leaders were there, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. Each one was holding an incense burner, and smoke was rising from the incense.
12
God asked me, "Mortal man, do you see what the Israelite leaders are doing in secret? They are all worshiping in a room full of images. Their excuse is: 'The LORD doesn't see us! He has abandoned the country.' "
13
Then the LORD said to me, "You are going to see them do even more disgusting things than that."
14
So he took me to the north gate of the Temple and showed me women weeping over the death of the god Tammuz.
15
He asked, "Mortal man, do you see that? You will see even more disgusting things."
16
So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They had turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.
17
The LORD said to me, "Mortal man, do you see that? These people of Judah are not satisfied with merely doing all the disgusting things you have seen here and with spreading violence throughout the country. No, they must come and do them right here in the Temple and make me even more angry. Look how they insult me in the most offensive way possible!
18
They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy. They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can, but I will not listen to them."
Matthew 21:3
And if anyone says anything, tell him, 'The Master needs them'; and then he will let them go at once."
Romans 3:7
But what if my untruth serves God's glory by making his truth stand out more clearly? Why should I still be condemned as a sinner?