Luke 4:25

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

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  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
  • Jas 5:17 : 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
  • Isa 55:8 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
  • Mark 7:26-29 : 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
  • Rom 9:15 : 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 4:26-27
    2 verses
    81%

    26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

    27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-17
    11 verses
    76%

    7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

    8And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

    9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

    10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

    11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

    12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

    13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

    14For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

    15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

    16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

    17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

    2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    72%

    24And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1-2
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    71%

    1Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

    2And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

  • Jas 5:17
    70%

    17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

  • Luke 21:2-4
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    70%

    2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

    3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

    4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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

  • Mark 12:43
    69%

    43And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

  • Luke 7:12
    69%

    12Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-5
    5 verses
    68%

    1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

    2And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

    3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

    4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

    5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    68%

    16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

  • 1 Kgs 18:41
    68%

    41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

  • 2 Kgs 4:8
    68%

    8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

  • Luke 4:24
    68%

    24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

  • 1 Tim 5:3
    67%

    3Honour widows that are widows indeed.

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
    67%

    2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
    67%

    5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    67%

    13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

  • 1 Kgs 18:43-45
    3 verses
    67%

    43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

    44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

    45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

  • Mal 4:5
    67%

    5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

  • 1 Kgs 17:4
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    4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

  • 1 Kgs 18:4
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    4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

  • Luke 2:37
    66%

    37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    66%

    28And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    66%

    9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

  • Luke 18:3
    66%

    3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

  • Amos 4:7
    66%

    7And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.