1 Kings 13:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he went and saw the dead body stretched out in the road with the ass and the lion by its side: the lion had not taken the body for its food or done any damage to the ass.

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  • Lev 10:2 : 2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
  • Lev 10:5 : 5 So they came and took them, in their coats, outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4 : 4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
  • 1 Kgs 17:6 : 6 And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
  • Job 38:11 : 11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
  • Ps 148:7-8 : 7 Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places: 8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
  • Jer 5:22-23 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it. 23 But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone.
  • Dan 3:22 : 22 And because the king's order was not to be put on one side, and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the flame of the fire.
  • Dan 3:27-28 : 27 And the captains, the chiefs, and the rulers, and the king's wise men who had come together, saw these men, over whose bodies the fire had no power, and not a hair of their heads was burned, and their coats were not changed, and there was no smell of fire about them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever. 23 My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong. 24 Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.
  • Heb 11:33-34 : 33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut, 34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:22-27
    6 verses
    91%

    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.

    24 And he went on his way; but on the road a lion came rushing at him and put him to death; and his dead body was stretched in the road with the ass by its side, and the lion was there by the body.

    25 And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

    26 Then the prophet who had made him come back, hearing it, said, It is the man of God, who went against the word of the Lord; that is why the Lord has given him to the lion to be wounded to death, as the Lord said.

    27 And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.

  • 1 Kgs 13:29-31
    3 verses
    83%

    29 Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.

    30 And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!

    31 And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
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    76%

    36 Then he said to him, Because you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, straight away when you have gone from me a lion will put you to death. And when he had gone, straight away a lion came rushing at him and put him to death.

    37 Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:11-14
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    75%

    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.

    12 Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

    13 So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

    14 And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.

    9 And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    73%

    11 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

    13 Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

  • Num 22:21-23
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    71%

    21 So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.

    22 But God was moved to wrath because he went: and the angel of the Lord took up a position in the road to keep him from his purpose. Now he was seated on his ass, and his two servants were with him.

    23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord waiting in the road with his sword in his hand; and turning from the road, the ass went into the field; and Balaam gave the ass blows, to get her back on to the road.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    71%

    5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.

    6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

  • Job 4:11
    71%

    11 The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

  • Num 22:32-33
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    70%

    32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.

    33 And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8 The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.

  • Judg 14:5
    70%

    5 Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.

  • John 12:14
    69%

    14 And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

  • Ezek 19:3
    69%

    3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

  • Exod 22:10
    69%

    10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

  • Isa 11:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

    7 And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.

  • Prov 30:30
    69%

    30 The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

  • Jer 22:19
    69%

    19 They will do to him what they do to the dead body of an ass; his body will be pulled out and placed on the earth outside the doors of Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    68%

    2 When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?

  • Judg 19:28
    68%

    28 And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

    8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

  • Job 1:14
    68%

    14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

  • Num 22:25
    68%

    25 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and went near the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against the wall; and he gave her more blows.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    68%

    3 Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3 Do the same with his ass or his robe or anything which has gone from your brother's keeping and which you have come across: do not keep it to yourself.

  • Num 23:24
    68%

    24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • 2 Kgs 17:26
    68%

    26 So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.