1 Kings 18:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Elias came vnto all the people, and said: how long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lorde be God, folowe him: but if Baal be he, then go after him. And the people aunswered him not one worde.

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  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this day who you wil serue, whether ye goddes which your fathers serued (that were on the other side of the fludde) either ye goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: As for me and my house, we wil serue the Lorde.
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serue two maisters. For either he shall hate the one, & loue the other: or els leane to the one, and dispise the other. Ye can not serue God, and mammon.
  • 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samnel spake vnto al the house of Israel, saying: If ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your heartes, then put away the straunge gods and Astaroth from among you, and prepare your heartes vnto the Lord, and serue him onely: For he shall ryd you out of the hand of the Philistines.
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 And so these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also, like as did their children and their childrens children: Euen as dyd their fathers, so do they vnto this day.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse? 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall? Eyther what part hath he that beleueth, with an infidell? 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images? For ye are the temple of the lyuing God, as saide God, I wyll dwell in them, & walke in them & wyll be their God, & they shalbe my people.
  • 1 Cor 10:21-22 : 21 Ye can not drynke ye cup of the Lorde, and the cup of deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table, and of the table of deuyls. 22 Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger? Are we stronger then he?
  • Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I knowe thy workes, that thou arte neither colde nor hotte: I woulde thou were colde or hotte. 16 So the, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hotte, I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth:
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 Yea & such as vpon their house toppes worship and bowe them selues vnto the hoast of heauen, whiche sweare by the Lorde, and by their Malchom also:
  • 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and sayde: The Lord he is God, the Lorde he is God.
  • Josh 24:23-24 : 23 Then put away sayde he the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel. 24 The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey.
  • Rom 6:16-22 : 16 Knowe ye not, how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey, his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey: whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse? 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the seruautes of sinne: but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine, into the which ye were brought vnto. 18 Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse. 19 I speake after the maner of men, because of the infirmitie of your fleshe. As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse, vnto holynesse. 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse. 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death. 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe.
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel, saying: This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde, we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad.
  • Gen 44:16 : 16 Then saide Iuda: what shall we say vnto my lorde? What shall we speake? or howe shall we cleare our selues? God hath founde out the wickednes of thy seruauntes: beholde, we are my lordes seruauntes, both we, yea, and he also with whom the cup is founde.
  • 1 Chr 17:26 : 26 And now Lorde, thou art God, & hast promised this goodnes vnto thy seruaut
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And made intercession to him: and God was intreated of him, and hearde his prayer, and brought him againe to Hierusalem into his kingdome: and then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God.
  • Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest knowe that the Lord is God, and that there is none other but he.
  • Matt 22:12 : 12 He sayde vnto hym: frende, howe camest thou in hyther, not hauyng a weddyng garment? And he was euen speachlesse.
  • Matt 22:34 : 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Saducees to silence, they came together.
  • Matt 22:36 : 36 Maister, which is the great commaundent in the lawe?
  • Luke 6:13 : 13 And assoone as it was day, he called his disciples: And of them he chose twelue, whom he called Apostles:
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God.
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth. 5 Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further.
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Be ye sure that God is the Lorde, it is he that hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture.
  • Exod 5:1-2 : 1 Moyses and Aaron went in afterward and told Pharao, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel: let my people go, that they maye holde a feast vnto me in the wyldernesse. 2 And Pharao sayde: who is the Lorde that I shoulde heare his voyce, and let Israel go? I knowe not the Lorde, neyther wyll I let Israel go.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 18:22-27
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    22Then saide Elias vnto the people againe I onely remayne a prophete of the Lorde: but Baals prophets are foure hundred and fiftie.

    23Let them therefore geue vs two oxen, and let them choose the one, & cut hym in peeces, and lay him on wood, and put no fire vnder: and I wyll dresse the other oxe, and laye him on wood, & wyll put no fyre vnder.

    24And call ye on the name of your gods, & I wyl call on the name of the Lorde: and then the God that aunswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people aunswered and saide, It is wel spoken.

    25And Elias saide vnto the prophets of Baal: Choose you an oxe, & dresse him first, for ye are many: & call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.

    26And they toke the one oxe that he dyd geue them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning to noone, saying, O Baal heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor one to aunswere: And they lept vpon the aulter that they had made.

    27And at noone Elias mocked them, and sayde: Crye lowde, for he is a God, peraduenture he is talking, or occupied in folowing vpon his enemies, or is in his iourney, or happyly he slepeth, and must be awaked with your crie.

  • 1 Kgs 18:39-41
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    39And when all the people sawe it, they fell on their faces, and sayde: The Lord he is God, the Lorde he is God.

    40And Elias sayd vnto them: Take the prophetes of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And they toke them, and Elias brought them vnto the brooke Kison, and slue them there.

    41And Elias sayde vnto Ahab: Get thee vp, eate and drinke: for there is a sounde of much rayne.

  • 1 Kgs 18:15-20
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    15And Elias saide: As the Lorde of hoastes liueth before whom I stand, I wyll shewe my selfe vnto him this day.

    16So Obadia went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Elias.

    17And it fortuned that when Ahab sawe Elias, he saide vnto him: Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

    18He aunswered: It is not I that haue troubled Israel, but thou and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commaundements of the Lorde, & thou hast folowed Baal.

    19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel vnto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal foure hundred and fiftie, and the prophets of the idols groues foure hundred, which eate at Iezabels table.

    20So Ahab sent vnto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together vnto mount Carmel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
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    30And Elias said vnto all the folke: Come to me. And all the people came to him: And he repaired the aulter of the Lord that was broken.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36-37
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    36And it fortuned, that when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Elias the prophete came, and sayde: Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, and of Israel, it shalbe knowen this day that thou art the God in Israel, & that I am thy seruaunt, and that I haue done all these thinges at thy commaundement.

    37Heare me O Lord, heare me, that this people may knowe that thou art the Lorde God, and that thou hast turned their heart againe nowe at the last.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3
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    3But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elias the Thesbite: Arise, and go vp against the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say vnto them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to aske counsel at Beelzebub the God of Ekrom?

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    1And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.

    2And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
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    28And the worde of the Lorde came to Elia the Thesbyte, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
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    7And he said vnto them: What maner of man was that which came vp and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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    13And when Elias hearde, he couered his face with his mantle, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of the caue: And beholde, there came a voyce vnto him, & said: What doest thou here Elias?

  • 2 Kgs 1:9-13
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    9Then the king sent vnto him a captayne ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: which came to him (and beholde he sat on the top of an hill) And he spake vnto him, Thou man of God, the king hath saide: come downe.

    10Elias aunswered and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen & consume thee & thy fiftie. And there came fyre from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie.

    11Againe also he sent vnto him an other captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie: And he spake and saide vnto him, O man of God, thus hath the king saide: Make haste, and come downe.

    12Elias aunswered & saide vnto them: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen, and consume thee and thy fiftie. And there came fyre of God from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie.

    13And the king yet againe sent the third captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: And the third captaine ouer fiftie went vp, and came and fell on his knees before Elias, and besought him, & sayde vnto him: Oh man of God, I pray thee let my lyfe and the lyfe of the fiftie thy seruauntes be precious in thy sight.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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    11And now thou sayest, Go, and tell thy lorde that Elias is here.

  • Rom 11:4
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    4But what sayth the aunswere of God vnto hym? I haue reserued vnto my selfe seuen thousande men, which haue not bowed the knee to ye image of Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15And the angell of the Lorde saide vnto Elias: Go downe with him, and be not afrayde of him. And he arose, and went downe with him vnto the king.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
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    9When he came thyther vnto a caue, he lodged therein al night: And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and sayd vnto him: What doest thou here Elias?

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
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    8And he aunswered him, I am he: Go, and tel thy lorde, beholde, Elias is here.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
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    2And Elias saide vnto Elisa: Tary here I praye thee, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa saide vnto him: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. And they came downe to Bethel,

  • Judg 6:31
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    31And Ioas sayd vnto al that stoode by him: Will ye pleade Baals cause? or will ye saue him? He that will contende for him, let him dye or the morning. If he be a God, let him pleade for himselfe agaynst him that hath caste downe his aulter.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
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    6And Elias said vnto him: Tary I pray thee here, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordane. He saide: As the Lord liueth, & as thy soule lyueth, I wyll not leaue thee. And so they two went together.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
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    4And Elia saide vnto him: Elisa, tary here I praye thee, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho. He saide: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue thee. And so they came to Iericho.

  • 2 Kgs 1:5
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    5And when the messengers turned backe againe vnto him, he saide vnto them: Why are ye now come againe?

  • 1 Kgs 19:2
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    2Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: So and so let the gods do to me, if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time.

  • Josh 24:16
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    16The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes.

  • 2 Kgs 10:18-19
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    18And Iehu gathered all the people together, and sayd vnto them: Ahab serued Baal a litle, but Iehu shall serue him more.

    19Now therfore call vnto me all the prophetes of Baal, all such as serue him, and al his priestes, & let none be lacking: For I haue a great sacrifice to do to Baal, & therefore whosoeuer is missed he shall not lyue. But Iehu dyd it for a sutteltie, to the intent that he might destroy the seruauntes of Baal.

  • 1 Kgs 22:20
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    20And the Lorde sayde: Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go and fall at Ramoth in Gilead? And one sayde on this maner, and another on that.

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
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    8And all the elders and all the people said: Hearken not vnto him, nor consent.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
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    17And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elias the Thesbite, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 10:23
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    23And when Iehu went with Iehonadab the sonne of Rechab into the house of Baal, he sayd vnto the seruauntes of Baal: Searche, & loke that ther be here with you none of the seruauntes of the Lord, but the seruauntes of Baal only.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    68%

    5Therfore the king of Israel gathered together of prophetes foure hundred men, & saide vnto them: Shall we go to Ramoth in Gilead to fight, or should I ceasse? And they saide: Go vp, & God shall deliuer it into the kinges hand.

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
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    6And then the king of Israel gathered the prophetes together, vpon a foure hundred men, & sayde vnto them: Shall I go against Ramoth in Gilead to battayle, or shall I let it alone? And they sayde, Go vp: for the Lorde shall deliuer it into the handes of the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
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    1After processe of many dayes, the word of the Lord came to Elias in the third yere, saying: Go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the earth.