1 Kings 19:12

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After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:16 : 16 It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:
  • Zech 4:6 : 6 Therefore he told me,“This is the LORD’s message to Zerubbabel:‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Deut 4:33 : 33 Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
  • 2 Kgs 1:10 : 10 Elijah replied to the captain,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.
  • 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,
  • Deut 4:11-12 : 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud. 12 Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything– only a voice was heard.
  • Acts 2:2 : 2 Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting.
  • Acts 2:36-37 : 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.” 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
  • Job 33:7 : 7 Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
  • Exod 3:2 : 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

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  • 1 Kgs 19:9-11
    3 verses
    89%

    9He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the LORD’s message came to him,“Why are you here, Elijah?”

    10He answered,“I have been absolutely loyal to the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, even though the Israelites have abandoned the covenant they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”

    11The LORD said,“Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Look, the LORD is ready to pass by.”A very powerful wind went before the LORD, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    81%

    13When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him,“Why are you here, Elijah?”

  • Deut 4:11-12
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    72%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything– only a voice was heard.

  • Ps 29:7
    72%

    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    1Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”

    2The LORD’s message came to him:

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    70%

    28The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite,

  • 1 Kgs 18:36-39
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    70%

    36When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed:“O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

    37Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance.”

    38Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.

    39When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said,“The LORD is the true God! The LORD is the true God!”

  • Exod 19:18
    70%

    18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
    69%

    11As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
    69%

    1Elijah Meets the King’s Servant Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the LORD’S message came to Elijah,“Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

  • Isa 29:6
    69%

    6Judgment will come from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

  • Deut 4:36
    69%

    36From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

  • Heb 12:18-19
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    68%

    18For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

    19and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    68%

    8The LORD’s message came to him,

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    68%

    17The LORD’S message came to Elijah the Tishbite:

  • 1 Kgs 18:24-25
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    68%

    24Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the LORD. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” All the people responded,“This will be a fair test.”

    25Elijah told the prophets of Baal,“Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire.”

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
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    68%

    11Now you say,‘Go and say to your master,“Elijah is back.”’

    12But when I leave you, the LORD’s Spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the LORD from my youth.

  • 1 Kgs 18:44-46
    3 verses
    68%

    44The seventh time the servant said,“Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said,“Go and tell Ahab,‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’”

    45Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

    46Now the LORD energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

  • Ps 18:12
    68%

    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

  • Job 38:1
    68%

    1VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

  • 2 Kgs 1:13-15
    3 verses
    68%

    13The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy,“Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

    14Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”

    15The LORD’s angel said to Elijah,“Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    68%

    24The woman said to Elijah,“Now I know that you are a prophet and that the LORD’s message really does come through you.”

  • Rev 16:18
    67%

    18Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake– an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.

  • Job 4:16
    67%

    16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

  • Job 40:6
    67%

    6The Lord’s Second Speech Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

  • Ps 50:3
    67%

    3“May our God come and not be silent.” Consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    67%

    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

  • Deut 4:33
    67%

    33Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?

  • Isa 6:4
    67%

    4The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

  • Ps 18:7
    67%

    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    67%

    9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Deut 5:23
    67%

    23Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

  • Hab 2:20
    67%

    20But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”

  • Deut 5:4
    67%

    4The LORD spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.

  • Job 1:19
    67%

    19and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”

  • Nah 1:5
    67%

    5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.