Verse 12
And she said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} liveth,{H2416} I have{H3426} not a cake,{H4580} but a handful{H4393} of meal{H7058} in the jar,{H3537} and a little{H4592} oil{H8081} in the cruse:{H6835} and, behold, I am gathering{H7197} two{H8147} sticks,{H6086} that I may go in{H935} and dress{H6213} it for me and my son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} it, and die.{H4191}
Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} who was of the sojourners{H8453} of Gilead,{H1568} said{H559} unto Ahab,{H256} As Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} before{H6440} whom I stand,{H5975} there shall not be dew{H2919} nor rain{H4306} these years,{H8141} but according{H6310} to my word.{H1697}
- 2 Kgs 4:2-7 : 2 And Elisha{H477} said{H559} unto her, What shall I do{H6213} for thee? tell{H5046} me; what hast{H3426} thou in the house?{H1004} And she said,{H559} Thy handmaid{H8198} hath not anything in the house,{H1004} save a pot{H610} of oil.{H8081} 3 Then he said,{H559} Go,{H3212} borrow{H7592} thee vessels{H3627} abroad{H2351} of all thy neighbors,{H7934} even empty{H7386} vessels;{H3627} borrow not a few.{H4591} 4 And thou shalt go in,{H935} and shut{H5462} the door{H1817} upon thee and upon thy sons,{H1121} and pour out{H3332} into all those vessels;{H3627} and thou shalt set aside{H5265} that which is full.{H4392} 5 So she went{H3212} from him, and shut{H5462} the door{H1817} upon her and upon{H1157} her sons;{H1121} they{H1992} brought{H5066} [the vessels] to her, and she poured out.{H3332} 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels{H3627} were full,{H4390} that she said{H559} unto her son,{H1121} Bring{H5066} me yet a vessel.{H3627} And he said{H559} unto her, There is not a vessel{H3627} more. And the oil{H8081} stayed.{H5975} 7 Then she came{H935} and told{H5046} the man{H376} of God.{H430} And he said,{H559} Go,{H3212} sell{H4376} the oil,{H8081} and pay{H7999} thy debt,{H5386} and live{H2421} thou and thy sons{H1121} of the rest.{H3498}
- Gen 21:16 : 16 And she went,{H3212} and sat her down{H3427} over against{H5048} him a good way off,{H7368} as it were a bowshot:{H2909} for she said,{H559} Let me not look{H7200} upon the death{H4194} of the child.{H3206} And she sat{H3427} over against him, and lifted up{H5375} her voice,{H6963} and wept.{H1058}
- 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who saveth{H3467} Israel,{H3478} though it be{H3426} in Jonathan{H3129} my son,{H1121} he shall surely{H4191} die.{H4191} But there was not a man among all the people{H5971} that answered{H6030} him.
- 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Shall Jonathan{H3129} die,{H4191} who hath wrought{H6213} this great{H1419} salvation{H3444} in Israel?{H3478} Far{H2486} from it: as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} there shall not one hair{H8185} of his head{H7218} fall{H5307} to the ground;{H776} for he hath wrought{H6213} with God{H430} this day.{H3117} So the people{H5971} rescued{H6299} Jonathan,{H3129} that he died{H4191} not.
- 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David{H1732} sware{H7650} moreover, and said,{H559} Thy father{H1} knoweth{H3045} well{H3045} that I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thine eyes;{H5869} and he saith,{H559} Let not Jonathan{H3083} know{H3045} this, lest he be grieved:{H6087} but truly{H199} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} there is but a step{H6587} between me and death.{H4194}
- 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 And, behold, I will send{H7971} the lad,{H5288} [saying],{H559} Go,{H3212} find{H4672} the arrows.{H2671} If I say{H559} unto the lad,{H5288} Behold, the arrows{H2671} are on this side of thee; take{H3947} them, and come;{H935} for there is peace{H7965} to thee and [ no hurt,]{H1697} [as Jehovah]{H3068} [liveth.]{H2416}
- 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord,{H113} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} seeing Jehovah{H3068} hath withholden{H4513} thee from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} thyself with thine own hand,{H3027} now therefore let thine enemies,{H341} and them that seek{H1245} evil{H7451} to my lord,{H113} be as Nabal.{H5037}
- 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 And David{H1732} said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5062} him; or his day{H3117} shall come{H935} to die;{H4191} or he shall go{H935} down into battle{H4421} and perish.{H5595}
- 2 Sam 15:21 : 21 And Ittai{H863} answered{H6030} the king,{H4428} and said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as my lord{H3068} the king{H4428} liveth,{H2416} surely in what place{H4725} my lord{H113} the king{H4428} shall be, whether for death{H4194} or for life,{H2416} even there also will thy servant{H5650} be.
- Jer 4:2 : 2 and thou shalt swear,{H7650} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} in truth,{H571} in justice,{H4941} and in righteousness;{H6666} and the nations{H1471} shall bless{H1288} themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.{H1984}
- Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth;{H2416} surely they swear{H7650} falsely.{H8267}
- Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go forth{H3318} into the field,{H7704} then, behold, the slain{H2491} with the sword!{H2719} and if I enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then, behold, they that are sick{H8463} with famine!{H7458} for both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503} in the land,{H776} and have no knowledge.{H3045}
- Lam 4:9 : 9 They that are slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that are slain{H2491} with hunger;{H7458} For these{H1992} pine away,{H2100} stricken{H1856} through, for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field.{H7704}
- Ezek 12:18-19 : 18 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} eat{H398} thy bread{H3899} with quaking,{H7494} and drink{H8354} thy water{H4325} with trembling{H7269} and with fearfulness;{H1674} 19 and say{H559} unto the people{H5971} of the land,{H127} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} concerning the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and the land{H776} of Israel:{H3478} They shall eat{H398} their bread{H3899} with fearfulness,{H1674} and drink{H8354} their water{H4325} in dismay,{H8078} that her land{H776} may be desolate,{H3456} [and despoiled] of all that is therein,{H4393} because of the violence{H2555} of all them that dwell{H3427} therein.
- Joel 1:15-16 : 15 Alas{H162} for the day!{H3117} for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is at hand,{H7138} and as destruction{H7701} from the Almighty{H7706} shall it come.{H935} 16 Is not the food{H400} cut off{H3772} before our eyes,{H5869} [yea], joy{H8057} and gladness{H1524} from the house{H1004} of our God?{H430}
- Matt 15:33-34 : 33 And{G2532} the{G846} disciples{G3101} say{G3004} unto him,{G846} Whence{G4159} should we have{G2254} so many{G5118} loaves{G740} in{G1722} a desert{G2047} place as{G5620} to fill{G5526} so great{G5118} a multitude?{G3793} 34 And{G2532} Jesus{G2424} said{G3004} unto them,{G846} How many{G4214} loaves{G740} have ye?{G2192} And{G1161} they said,{G2036} Seven,{G2033} and{G2532} a few{G3641} small fishes.{G2485}