1 Kings 17:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Kgs 17:9 : 9 Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5-8 : 5 And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food. 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. 8 So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
  • Matt 4:11 : 11 Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 ...
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; 9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it, 10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; 11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped? 12 Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place; 13 So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
  • Ps 33:8-9 : 8 Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him. 9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
  • Num 20:8 : 8 Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink.
  • Amos 9:3-4 : 3 Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite: 4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 17:5-16
    12 verses
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    5So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

    6And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

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

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

    9Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

    10So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

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

    12Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

    13And 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.

    14For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

    15So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

    16The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

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

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

  • 9He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

  • 24Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

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

  • 41Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

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    11And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

    12And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

    13Has 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?

    14And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.

  • 15Every raven, and birds of that sort;

  • 14Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

  • 7Noah sent out a raven, which went this way and that till the waters were gone from the earth.

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    16And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

    17For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

  • 44So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Kgs 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

    9And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 4For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

  • 26Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

  • 9For 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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

    2So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

  • 24Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.

  • 35And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

  • 4Give 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.

  • 4On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.

  • 7He will take of the stream by the way; so his head will be lifted up.

  • 15And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure.

  • 22But 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.

  • 4And I will let you be stretched on the land; I will send you out violently into the open field; I will let all the birds of heaven come to rest on you and will make the beasts of all the earth full of you.

  • 4Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.

  • 14Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

  • 15Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 44And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.