1 Kings 13:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And, behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corpse: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:11 : 11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, they told also to their father.

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  • 1 Kgs 13:22-24
    3 verses
    88%

    22But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

    23And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

    24And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.

  • 1 Kgs 13:26-32
    7 verses
    87%

    26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him.

    27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it.

    28And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the donkey.

    29And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

    30And he laid his corpse in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

    31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
    2 verses
    79%

    36Then he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

    37Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking he wounded him.

  • Nah 2:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with plunder.

    13Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.

  • 1 Kgs 13:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

    11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, they told also to their father.

    12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • Job 4:11
    72%

    11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the stout lion are scattered abroad.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch prey, and devoured men.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25At the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the LORD; so the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

    26So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner of the God of the land; therefore he has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the manner of the God of the land.

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion.

    9And he took some in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them some, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

  • Prov 26:13
    71%

    13The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her cubs among young lions.

    3And she brought up one of her cubs; it became a young lion, and it learned to catch prey; it devoured men.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way I will observe them:

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Jer 5:6
    70%

    6Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings have increased.

  • Amos 5:19
    70%

    19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Prov 22:13
    70%

    13The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • 2 Kgs 13:21
    69%

    21As they were burying a man, they saw a band of raiders and cast the man into the tomb of Elisha; when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    69%

    17Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.

  • Num 23:24
    69%

    24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

  • 1 Kgs 14:11
    69%

    11Anyone of Jeroboam who dies in the city shall the dogs eat; and anyone who dies in the field shall the birds of the air eat: for the LORD has spoken it.

  • Amos 3:8
    68%

    8The lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8The lion's cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.

  • Jer 4:7
    68%

    7The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

  • Judg 14:5
    68%

    5Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring against him.

  • Luke 10:32
    68%

    32Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

  • Ps 17:12
    68%

    12Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • 2 Kgs 7:17
    68%

    17And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate: and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

  • Prov 30:30
    68%

    30A lion, which is mighty among beasts, and does not turn away from anything;

  • Amos 3:12
    67%

    12Thus says the LORD: As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be taken out who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
    67%

    39And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he is missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    67%

    14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.