1 Kings 13:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 A Prophet Denounces Ahab’s Actions One of the members of the prophetic guild, told his companion a message from the LORD,“Please wound me!” But the man refused to wound him.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Just then a prophet arrived from Judah with the LORD’s message for Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:7-11
    5 verses
    92%

    7The king then said to the prophet,“Come home with me and have something to eat, so that I may give you a gift.”

    8But the prophet said to the king,“Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you. I am not allowed to eat food or drink water in this place.

    9For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”

    10So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

    11Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told him everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day. And they told their father all the words that he had spoken to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15-16
    2 verses
    87%

    15He then said to him,“Come home with me and eat something.”

    16But he replied,“I can’t go back with you. I am not allowed to eat food or to drink water with you in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 13:18-23
    6 verses
    84%

    18Then the old prophet said,“I too am a prophet like you. And an angel has told me in a message from the LORD,‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat food and drink water.’” But he had lied to him.

    19So the prophet went back with him. He ate food in his house and he drank water.

    20While they were sitting at the table, the LORD’s message came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

    21So he cried out to the prophet who had come from Judah,“This is what the LORD has said,‘You have rebelled against the LORD’s instruction and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.

    22You went back. You ate food. And you drank water in the place of which he had said to you,“Eat no food. Drink no water.” Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’”

    23So this is what happened after he had eaten food and drunk water. The old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2The LORD’s message came to him:

    3“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

    4Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”

    5So he carried out the LORD’s message; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

    8The LORD’s message came to him,

  • Judg 13:16
    74%

    16The LORD’s angel said to Manoah,“If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the LORD, you should offer it.”(He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the LORD’s angel.)

  • Deut 2:17
    73%

    17the LORD said to me,

  • Ezek 12:17
    73%

    17The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1 Kgs 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more.

    7The LORD’s angel came back again, touched him, and said,“Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”

  • Deut 2:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

    28Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    71%

    18When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them,“Didn’t I tell you,‘Don’t go’?”

  • Ezek 17:1
    71%

    1A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 13:3
    71%

    3Then the LORD’s message came to me again,

  • 2 Kgs 1:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Therefore this is what the LORD has said,“You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

    5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,“Why have you returned?”

  • Deut 29:6
    71%

    6You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer– all so that you might know that I am the LORD your God!

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    71%

    13Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    71%

    11As she went to get it, he called out to her,“Please bring me a piece of bread.”

  • Ezek 13:1
    71%

    1False Prophets Denounced Then the LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 13:8
    71%

    8Then the LORD’s message came to me,

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’

  • Amos 7:16
    71%

    16So now listen to the LORD’s message! You say,‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

  • Judg 19:18
    70%

    18The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

  • 2 Chr 18:26
    70%

    26Say,‘This is what the king says:“Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I return safely.”’”

  • Jer 16:1
    70%

    1Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry, to Mourn, or to Feast The LORD’s message came to me,

  • Jer 23:37
    70%

    37Each of you should merely ask the prophet,‘What answer did the LORD give you? Or what did the LORD say?’

  • Deut 8:3
    70%

    3So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the LORD’s mouth.

  • Gen 24:33
    70%

    33When food was served, he said,“I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.”“Tell us,” Laban said.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    70%

    23But he refused, saying,“I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

  • Ezek 3:4
    70%

    4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

  • Ezek 14:12
    70%

    12The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Num 20:17
    70%

    17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”

  • Jer 14:13
    70%

    13Then I said,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, look! The prophets are telling them that you said,‘You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.’”