1 Kings 13:9

American Standard Version (1901)

for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.

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  • Num 16:26 : 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
  • Deut 13:13-18 : 13 Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee, 15 thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto Jehovah thy God: and it shall be a [ heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
  • 1 Kgs 13:21-22 : 21 and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment which Jehovah thy God commanded thee, 22 but 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.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
  • John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
  • 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

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  • 1 Kgs 13:14-23
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    92%

    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.

    15Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

    16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

    17for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

    18And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him.

    19So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

    20And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back;

    21and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the commandment which Jehovah thy God commanded thee,

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:10-12
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    84%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    7And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

    8And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

  • Deut 2:27-28
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    72%

    27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.

    28Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
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    8And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

  • Judg 13:16
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    16And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 19:7-8
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    7And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.

    8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

  • Deut 9:9
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    9When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-5
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    2And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

    3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

    4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

    5So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

  • 2 Chr 18:26
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    26and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
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    9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

  • 2 Kgs 6:9
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    9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.

  • Jer 13:8
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    8Then the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
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    18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
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    27and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
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  • Amos 7:12-13
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    12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

    13but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
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    23But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

  • Ezek 24:22
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    22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

  • Jer 13:3
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    3And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 3:8-9
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    8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

    9So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.

  • Ezek 13:1
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    1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
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    11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

  • Deut 8:3
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    3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
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    4Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

  • Ezek 3:4
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    4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

  • Deut 29:6
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    6Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

  • Ezek 12:17
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    17Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

  • 2 Chr 25:7
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    7But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel, [to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.

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    33And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

  • Judg 19:18
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    18And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house.