1 Kings 19:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiah, and sayde, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee. Who answered him, Go, returne: for what haue I done to thee?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 8:21-22 : 21 And another of his disciples saide vnto him, Master, suffer me first to goe, and burie my father. 22 But Iesus said vnto him, Followe me, and let the dead burie their dead.
  • Luke 9:61-62 : 61 Then another saide, I will followe thee, Lord: but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at mine house. 62 And Iesus saide vnto him, No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh backe, is apt to the kingdome of God.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 Then they wept all abundantly, and fell on Pauls necke, and kissed him,
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, hee sawe a man sitting at the custome, named Matthewe, and saide to him, Followe me; he arose, and followed him.
  • Matt 19:27 : 27 Then answered Peter, and said to him, Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and followed thee: what therefore shall we haue?
  • Matt 4:20 : 20 And they straightway leauing the nets, folowed him.
  • Matt 4:22 : 22 And they without tarying, leauing the ship, and their father, folowed him.

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  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    85%

    21And whe he went backe againe from him, he tooke a couple of oxen, and slewe them, and sod their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they did eate: then he arose and went after Eliiah, and ministred vnto him.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
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    19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: & Eliiah went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
    74%

    6Moreouer Eliiah saide vnto him, Tarie, I pray thee, here: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iorden. But he saide, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they went both together.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    73%

    2Then Eliiah saide to Elisha, Tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. But Elisha said, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came downe to Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    72%

    4Againe Eliiah saide vnto him, Elisha, tarie here, I pray thee: for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho: But he said, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they came to Iericho.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
    72%

    26But he saide vnto him, Went not mine heart with thee when the man turned againe fro his charet to meete thee? Is this a time to take money, and to receiue garments, and oliues, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and men seruants, and maide seruants?

  • 2 Kgs 2:9-16
    8 verses
    72%

    9Nowe when they were passed ouer, Eliiah saide vnto Elisha, Aske what I shall doe for thee before I be taken from thee; Elisha saide, I pray thee, let thy Spirit be double vpon me.

    10And he saide, Thou hast asked an hard thing: yet if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt haue it so: & if not, it shal not be.

    11And as they went walking and talking, beholde, there appeared a charet of fire, and horses of fire, and did separate them twaine. So Eliiah went vp by a whirle winde into heauen.

    12And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

    13He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.

    14After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.

    15And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,

    16And said vnto him, Beholde nowe, there be with thy seruants fiftie strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seeke thy master, if so be the Spirite of the Lord hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. But he said, Ye shall not sende.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    72%

    9Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lorde the King, All that thou didddest sende for to thy seruant at the first time, that I will doe, but this thing I may not do; the messengers departed, and brought him an answere.

  • 2 Kgs 4:30
    71%

    30And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    71%

    25So he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11And now thou sayest, Goe, tell thy lorde, Beholde, Eliiah is here.

    12And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lorde shall cary thee into some place that I doe not know: so when I come and tell Ahab, if he cannot finde thee, then wil he kil me: But I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.

  • 2 Kgs 1:5
    71%

    5And the messengers returned vnto him, to whome he said, Why are ye nowe returned?

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What saide Elisha to thee? And he answered, Hee tolde mee that thou shouldest recouer.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And went after the man of God, & found him sitting vnder an oke: and he saide vnto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Iudah? And he sayd, Yea.

    15Then he said vnto him, Come home with me, and eate bread.

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
    71%

    12And their father sayde vnto them, What way went he? and his sonnes shewed him what waye the man of God went, which came from Iudah.

  • 1 Kgs 17:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18And she said vnto Eliiah, What haue I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slay my sonne?

    19And he said vnto her, Giue me thy sonne; he tooke him out of her bosome, and caryed him vp into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him vpon his owne bed.

    20Then he called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lorde my God, hast thou punished also this widowe, with whome I soiourne, by killing her sonne?

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
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    16And he sayde, Come with me, and see the zeale that I haue for the Lord: so they made him ride in his charet.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15And the Angel of the Lord said vnto Eliiah, Goe downe with him, be not afraide of his presence. So he arose, and went downe with him vnto the King.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.

    19And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    70%

    9Therefore the King sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftie with his fiftie men, who went vp vnto him: for beholde, he sate on the toppe of a mountaine, and he saide vnto him, O man of God, the King hath commanded that thou come downe.

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    70%

    13And Elisha sayde vnto the King of Israel, What haue I to doe with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother; the King of Israel saide vnto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hande of Moab.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    70%

    9And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 2 Kgs 4:22
    70%

    22Then she called to her husband, & sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.

  • 2 Kgs 5:19
    70%

    19Vnto whome he saide, Goe in peace. So he departed from him about halfe a dayes iourney of grounde.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    70%

    13Yet againe he sent the third captaine ouer fiftie with his fiftie; the thirde captaine ouer fiftie went vp, and came, and fell on his knees before Eliiah, and besought him, and saide vnto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life and the life of these thy fiftie seruants be precious in thy sight.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    70%

    18Therefore they returned to him, (for he taryed at Iericho) and he said vnto them, Did not I say vnto you, Goe not?

  • 1 Kgs 18:18
    69%

    18And he answered, I haue not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commandements of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    69%

    13And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here, Eliiah?

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    69%

    23Let them therefore giue vs two bullockes, and let them chuse the one, & cut him in pieces, and lay him on the wood, but put no fire vnder, and I will prepare the other bullocke, and lay him on the wood, and will put no fire vnder.

  • 2 Kgs 1:11
    69%

    11Againe also he sent vnto him another captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie. Who spake, and saide vnto him, O man of God, thus the King commandeth, Come downe quickely.

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
    69%

    23And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliiah sayd, Behold, thy sonne liueth.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23
    69%

    23And when he had eaten bread & drunke, he sadled him the asse, to wit, to the Prophet whome he had brought againe.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    69%

    2When thou shalt depart from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in the border of Beniamin, euen at Zelzah, and they will say vnto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seeke, are founde: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying, What shall I doe for my sonne?

  • 2 Sam 19:37
    69%

    37I pray thee, let thy seruant turne backe againe, that I may die in mine owne citie, and be buryed in the graue of my father and of my mother: but beholde thy seruant Chimham, let him goe with my lorde the king, and doe to him what shall please thee.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    69%

    7And he saide vnto them, What maner of man was he which came and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

  • 1 Kgs 19:15
    69%

    15And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    68%

    3When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    68%

    13And he said, Goe, and espie where he is, that I may sende and fetch him; one tolde him, saying, Beholde, he is in Dothan.