1 Kings 13:9

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'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.'

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  • Num 16:26 : 26 He warned the assembly, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men! Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins."
  • Deut 13:13-18 : 13 If you hear about one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to live in, 14 that wicked men have come out from among you and led the inhabitants of their city astray, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods'—gods you have not known— 15 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you, 16 you must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword, devoting it and all that is in it, including its livestock, to complete destruction. 17 Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt. 18 Do not let any of the things set apart for destruction cling to your hand, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your ancestors.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Behold, a man of God came from Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.
  • 1 Kgs 13:21-22 : 21 and 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.'
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Do not let my heart incline to an evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with those who do iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
  • 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or greet him. 11 For the one who greets him shares in his wicked works.
  • Rev 18:4 : 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins and so that you do not receive any of her plagues.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:14-23
    10 verses
    92%

    14He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

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

    16But the man of God replied, 'I cannot go back with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.'

    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 13:10-12
    3 verses
    84%

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

    11Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words he had spoken to the king.

    12Their father asked them, 'Which way did he go?' His sons showed him the road the man of God from Judah had taken.

  • 1 Kgs 13:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    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.'

  • Deut 2:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    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—

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    72%

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

  • Judg 13:16
    72%

    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.)

  • 1 Kgs 19:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7The angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and said, 'Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.'

    8So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Deut 9:9
    71%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    3"Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan."

    4"You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded ravens to provide for you there."

    5So he went and did as the word of the LORD directed him. He went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

  • 2 Chr 18:26
    71%

    26And say, "This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely."

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 6:9
    71%

    9But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful not to pass this place, because the Arameans are going down there."

  • Jer 13:8
    70%

    8Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    70%

    18When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to go?'

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
    70%

    27And say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water of affliction until I return safely.’

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    70%

    13Has it not been reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with bread and water.

  • Amos 7:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Then Amaziah said to Amos, 'Seer, go and flee to the land of Judah; there you can earn your bread and prophesy there.'

    13'But never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.'

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    70%

    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.

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22You shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of mourning.

  • Jer 13:3
    70%

    3Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 3:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Jehoram asked, "Which route shall we take?" And Jehoshaphat answered, "Through the wilderness of Edom."

    9So the king of Israel set out, along with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After traveling a roundabout route for seven days, there was no water for the army or the animals with them.

  • Ezek 13:1
    70%

    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    70%

    11As she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand as well."

  • Deut 8:3
    70%

    3He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
    70%

    4Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.' And Elijah departed.

  • Ezek 3:4
    69%

    4Then he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them."

  • 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.

  • Ezek 12:17
    69%

    17The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    69%

    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.'

  • Gen 24:33
    69%

    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."

  • Judg 19:18
    69%

    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.