1 Kings 18:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
  • 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? 15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
  • 1 Cor 10:21-22 : 21 It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits. 22 Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm. 16 So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
  • 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.
  • Josh 24:23-24 : 23 Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel. 24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.
  • Rom 6:16-22 : 16 Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness. 17 But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed; 18 And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness. 19 I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy. 20 When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death. 22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.
  • Gen 44:16 : 16 And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.
  • 1 Chr 17:26 : 26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
  • Deut 4:35 : 35 All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.
  • Matt 22:12 : 12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.
  • Matt 22:34 : 34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
  • Matt 22:36 : 36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?
  • Luke 6:13 : 13 And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his? 5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
  • Exod 5:1-2 : 1 And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:22-27
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    22 Then 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.

    23 Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

    24 And 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.

    25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

    26 So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had made.

    27 And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.

  • 1 Kgs 18:39-41
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    39 And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God.

    40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

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

  • 1 Kgs 18:15-20
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    15 And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

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

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

    18 Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

    19 Now send, and get Israel together before me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table.

    20 So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
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    30 Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36-37
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    36 Then 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.

    37 Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3
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    3 But 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?

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    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.

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

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
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    28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

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  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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  • 2 Kgs 1:9-13
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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.

    10 And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

    11 Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.

    12 And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.

    13 Then 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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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  • Rom 11:4
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    4 But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15 Then 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 19:9
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    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?

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
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    8 And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

  • 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.

  • Judg 6:31
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    31 But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of the pulling down of his altar.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
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    6 Then 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.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
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    4 Then 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 1:5
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    5 And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?

  • 1 Kgs 19:2
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    2 Then 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.

  • Josh 24:16
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    16 Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • 2 Kgs 10:18-19
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    18 Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

    19 Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

  • 1 Kgs 22:20
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    20 And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

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

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  • 2 Chr 18:5
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    5 So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
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    6 So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
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    1 Now 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.