1 Kings 13:16

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But the man of God replied, 'I cannot go back with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.'

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  • 1 Kgs 13:8-9 : 8 But the man of God replied to the king, 'Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.' 9 'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, 'Go away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns."
  • Gen 3:1-3 : 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, you shall not eat from any tree in the garden?' 2 The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.' 3 'But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.''
  • Num 22:13 : 13 The next morning, Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, 'Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.'
  • Num 22:19 : 19 Now please stay here tonight as well, so that I may find out what else the LORD may say to me.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:17-23
    7 verses
    87%

    17'For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You must not eat bread or drink water there, nor return by the way you went.'

    18The old prophet answered, 'I too am a prophet, like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, "Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water."' But he was lying to him.

    19So the man of God returned with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

    20While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

    21and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

    22'but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to eat or drink, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.'

    23After the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7The king said to the man of God, 'Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.'

    8But the man of God replied to the king, 'Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.'

    9'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'

    10So he went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    78%

    15Then the prophet said to him, 'Come home with me and eat some food.'

  • Num 10:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30But he replied to him, "I will not go; I am going back to my own land and to my relatives."

    31Moses said, "Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be our eyes.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    72%

    23But he refused and said, "I will not eat." However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

  • Jer 16:8
    72%

    8Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

  • Deut 2:27-28
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    71%

    27'Let me pass through your land. I will travel only on the road and will turn neither to the right nor to the left.

    28You can sell me food for silver so that I may eat, and give me water for silver so that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot—

  • Judg 6:18
    71%

    18Please do not leave here until I return to you and bring my offering and set it before you.' And the Lord said, 'I will stay until you return.'

  • Judg 19:18
    71%

    18The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • Exod 33:15
    71%

    15Then Moses said to Him, 'If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.'

  • 2 Kgs 5:16
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    16But Elisha replied, 'As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.' Even though Naaman urged him, he refused.

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    70%

    3Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

  • Gen 24:33
    70%

    33Then food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I need to say." Laban said, "Speak up."

  • 1 Sam 15:26
    70%

    26But Samuel replied to Saul, 'I will not go back with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.'

  • Jer 42:13-14
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    70%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

    14Instead, you say, 'No, we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, hear the sound of the trumpet, or suffer hunger for bread. There we will stay.'

  • Judg 13:16
    70%

    16The angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Even if you detain me, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord." (Manoah did not know he was an angel of the Lord.)

  • Exod 33:3
    70%

    3Go to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.

  • Gen 24:39
    69%

    39Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

  • Deut 9:9
    69%

    9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

  • Deut 29:6
    69%

    6When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.

  • Num 22:13
    69%

    13The next morning, Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, 'Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.'

  • Ps 132:3
    69%

    3'I will not enter my house, nor will I go up to my bed;

  • Num 20:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through any field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well. We will travel along the King's Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.

    18But Edom answered, "You shall not pass through my land, or I will come out against you with the sword."

  • 1 Sam 25:11
    69%

    11Should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men from who knows where?"

  • Isa 3:7
    69%

    7But he will say in that day, ‘I will not be a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not appoint me as the ruler of the people.’

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    68%

    20‘You only came yesterday, so why should I make you wander with us today? I must go wherever I can. Return and take your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.’

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    68%

    2Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    68%

    9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

  • Deut 1:42
    68%

    42But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."'

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
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    4Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

  • Deut 15:16
    68%

    16But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

  • Judg 19:20
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    20The old man said, "Peace to you! Let me take care of all your needs, but do not spend the night in the square."

  • Job 7:10
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    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

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    6Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.

  • Judg 19:12
    68%

    12But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners, who are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    67%

    7But a man of God came to him and said, 'O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim.'