1 Kings 17:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 19:9 : 9 And 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?
  • Prov 3:5 : 5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 17:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

    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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 17:6-11
    6 verses
    86%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:13-16
    4 verses
    74%

    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 18:35
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    71%

    17For 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 2:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. 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 together.

    7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.

    8Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

  • 1 Kgs 13:19
    70%

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

  • 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?

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    70%

    17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 13:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    70%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:16
    69%

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

  • 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.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17
    69%

    17So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    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?

  • Jer 13:5
    69%

    5So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    69%

    2And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    68%

    46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    68%

    25From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 4:44
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    68%

    21And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    68%

    1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41-42
    2 verses
    68%

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

    42So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    68%

    3And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 5:14
    67%

    14Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.

  • 2 Kgs 5:10
    67%

    10And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.