1 Kings 18:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And 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.
  • 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.
  • Job 25:3 : 3 Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
  • Ps 24:8-9 : 8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war. 9 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
  • Ps 103:21 : 21 Give praise to the Lord, all you his armies; and you his servants who do his pleasure.
  • Ps 148:2-3 : 2 Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies. 3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.
  • Isa 6:3 : 3 And one said in a loud voice to another, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of armies: all the earth is full of his glory.
  • Isa 51:7-8 : 7 Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses. 8 For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 And they will put them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, whose lovers and servants they have been, after whom they have gone, to whom they have made prayers, and to whom they have given worship: they will not be put together or placed in the earth; they will be waste on the face of the earth.
  • Luke 1:19 : 19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.
  • Luke 2:13-14 : 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying, 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
  • Heb 6:16-17 : 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
  • Gen 2:1 : 1 And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
  • Deut 1:38 : 38 Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 3:14
    82%

    14Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    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,

  • 1 Kgs 18:7-14
    8 verses
    80%

    7And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

    8And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

    9And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

    10By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.

    17And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 18:36
    76%

    36Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    3And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;

  • 2 Kgs 1:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

    14For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    73%

    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 2:6
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 19:2
    73%

    2Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    73%

    28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    73%

    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 22:14
    72%

    14And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    72%

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

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    72%

    13And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

    22Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

  • Mal 4:5
    71%

    5See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

  • Jer 46:18
    71%

    18By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    71%

    13Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 5:16
    71%

    16But 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 Chr 18:13
    71%

    13And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

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

    18Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    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?

    10And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

    11Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    70%

    31Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

  • 1 Kgs 18:24
    70%

    24And do you make prayers to your god, and I will make a prayer to the Lord: and it will be clear that the one who gives an answer by fire is God. And all the people in answer said, It is well said.

  • 2 Kgs 2:15
    70%

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    69%

    9Then 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.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    69%

    7And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?

  • 1 Kgs 18:39
    69%

    39And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    69%

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