1 Kings 13:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me a wound. But the man would not.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Then a man of God came from Judah by the order of the Lord to Beth-el, where Jeroboam was by the altar, burning offerings.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:7-11
    5 verses
    92%

    7 And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.

    8 But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;

    9 For so I was ordered by the word of the Lord, who said, You are not to take food or a drink of water, and you are not to go back the way you came.

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

    11 Now there was an old prophet living in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and gave him word of all the man of God had done that day in Beth-el, and they gave their father an account of the words he had said to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

    16 But he said, I may not go back with you or go into your house; and I will not take food or a drink of water with you in this place;

  • 1 Kgs 13:18-23
    6 verses
    84%

    18 Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.

    19 So he went back with him, and had a meal in his house and a drink of water.

    20 But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;

    21 And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,

    22 But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.

    23 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

    3 Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

    4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

    5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

    8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • Judg 13:16
    74%

    16 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

  • Deut 2:17
    73%

    17 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Ezek 12:17
    73%

    17 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again.

    7 And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength.

  • Deut 2:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;

    28 Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    71%

    18 And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

  • Ezek 17:1
    71%

    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Jer 13:3
    71%

    3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 1:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

    5 And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?

  • Deut 29:6
    71%

    6 You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    71%

    13 Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    71%

    11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

  • Ezek 13:1
    71%

    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Jer 13:8
    71%

    8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13 But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

  • Amos 7:16
    71%

    16 Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22 And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.

  • Judg 19:18
    70%

    18 And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

  • 2 Chr 18:26
    70%

    26 And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

  • Jer 16:1
    70%

    1 Then again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Jer 23:37
    70%

    37 This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?

  • Deut 8:3
    70%

    3 And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

  • Gen 24:33
    70%

    33 And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    70%

    23 But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.

  • Ezek 3:4
    70%

    4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

  • Ezek 14:12
    70%

    12 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Num 20:17
    70%

    17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

  • Jer 14:13
    70%

    13 Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.