1 Kings 13:25

American Standard Version (1901)

And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:11 : 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:22-24
    3 verses
    88%

    22but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

    23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back.

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

  • 1 Kgs 13:26-32
    7 verses
    87%

    26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.

    27And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it.

    28And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.

    29And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.

    30And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!

    31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
    2 verses
    79%

    36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

    37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

  • Nah 2:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

    13Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

  • 1 Kgs 13:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

    11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father.

    12And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.

  • Job 4:11
    72%

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

    26Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the law of the god of the land.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

    9And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

  • Prov 26:13
    71%

    13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

    3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Jer 5:6
    70%

    6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Prov 22:13
    70%

    13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

  • 2 Kgs 13:21
    69%

    21And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    69%

    17Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.

  • Num 23:24
    69%

    24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • 1 Kgs 14:11
    69%

    11Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

  • Amos 3:8
    68%

    8The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

  • Jer 4:7
    68%

    7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

  • Judg 14:5
    68%

    5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

  • Luke 10:32
    68%

    32And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

  • Ps 17:12
    68%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    68%

    17And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

  • Prov 30:30
    68%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

  • Amos 3:12
    67%

    12Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
    67%

    39And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    67%

    14And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.