1 Kings 13:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He went and found the body lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

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  • Lev 10:2 : 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.
  • Lev 10:5 : 5 So they came near and carried them away in their tunics to a place outside the camp just as Moses had spoken.
  • 1 Kgs 17:4 : 4 Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”
  • 1 Kgs 17:6 : 6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.
  • Job 38:11 : 11 when I said,‘To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined’?
  • Ps 148:7-8 : 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths, 8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
  • Jer 5:22-23 : 22 “You should fear me!” says the LORD.“You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.” 23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way.
  • Dan 3:22 : 22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.
  • Dan 3:27-28 : 27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them! 28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,“Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.” 23 Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God. 24 The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den– they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
  • Heb 11:33-34 : 33 Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:22-27
    6 verses
    91%

    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.

    24So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body.

    25Then some men came passing by and saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing next to the body. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.

    26When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.”

    27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.

  • 1 Kgs 13:29-31
    3 verses
    83%

    29The old prophet picked up the prophet’s body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

    30He put the body into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying,“Ah, my brother!”

    31After he buried him, he said to his sons,“When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones,

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
    2 verses
    76%

    36So the prophet said to him,“Because you have disobeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

    37He found another man and said,“Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.

  • 1 Kgs 13:11-14
    4 verses
    75%

    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.

    12Their father asked them,“Which road did he take?” His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.

    13He then told his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

    14and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him,“Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered,“Yes, I am.”

  • Judg 14:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.

    9He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.

  • Nah 2:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

    13Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior“I am against you!” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

  • Num 22:21-23
    3 verses
    71%

    21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

    22God Opposes Balaam Then God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

    23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Job 4:11
    71%

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Num 22:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

    33The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

  • Job 28:8
    70%

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

  • Judg 14:5
    70%

    5Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.

  • John 12:14
    69%

    14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

  • Ezek 19:3
    69%

    3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Exod 22:10
    69%

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

  • Isa 11:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

    7A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

  • Prov 30:30
    69%

    30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

  • Jer 22:19
    69%

    19He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’”

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    68%

    2When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you,‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking,“What should I do about my son?”’

  • Judg 19:28
    68%

    28He said to her,“Get up, let’s leave!” But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Job 1:14
    68%

    14and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

  • Num 22:25
    68%

    25And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again.

  • 1 Sam 9:3
    68%

    3The donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul,“Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys.”

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.

  • Num 23:24
    68%

    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • 2 Kgs 17:26
    68%

    26The king of Assyria was told,“The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land.”