1 Kings 13:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • Num 22:18 : 18 But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.
  • Num 24:13 : 13 Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?
  • 1 Kgs 13:16-17 : 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; 17 For the Lord said to me, You are not to take food or water there, or go back again by the way you came.
  • 2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
  • 2 Kgs 5:26-27 : 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants? 27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.
  • Mark 6:23 : 23 And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so. 10 As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.
  • Exod 5:3 : 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.
  • Exod 5:6 : 6 The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,
  • Exod 7:2 : 2 Say whatever I give you orders to say: and Aaron your brother will give word to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:9-10
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    84%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14-22
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    82%

    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.

    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;

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

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:7
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 5:16
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    16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    70%

    9 So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
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    7 But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, that is, the children of Ephraim.

  • Num 22:18
    70%

    18 But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

  • Jer 16:8
    69%

    8 And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
    69%

    22 But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    69%

    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?

  • Deut 2:28
    69%

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

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
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    2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
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    11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

  • Num 24:13
    68%

    13 Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

  • Judg 13:16
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:35
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    35 And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

  • 2 Kgs 7:19
    68%

    19 And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

  • Isa 3:7
    68%

    7 Then he will say with an oath, I will not be a helper, for in my house there is no bread or clothing: I will not let you make me a ruler of the people.

  • 2 Kgs 4:43
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    43 But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.

  • 1 Sam 9:7
    68%

    7 Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    68%

    3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

  • Prov 30:8
    68%

    8 Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

  • Luke 10:7
    68%

    7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
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    27 And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    67%

    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    67%

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

  • 2 Chr 18:26
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    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.

  • 1 Sam 25:11
    67%

    11 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

  • 2 Chr 18:17
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    17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?

  • Gen 24:33
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    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.

  • Job 22:7
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    7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

  • 1 Kgs 17:13
    67%

    13 And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
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    2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.

  • 2 Sam 19:33
    67%

    33 And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will take care of you in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 4:41
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    41 But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that they may have food. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

  • 2 Sam 19:36
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    36 Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

  • 2 Kgs 6:10
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    10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
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    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

  • 1 Kgs 20:35
    67%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
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    9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.