Luke 4:25
But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
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- 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah 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.”
- Jas 5:17 : 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
- 1 Kgs 18:1-2 : 1 Elijah 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.” 2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
- Isa 55:8 : 8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD,
- Matt 20:15 : 15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Mark 7:26-29 : 26 The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.” 28 She answered,“Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29 Then he said to her,“Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
- Luke 10:21 : 21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.
- Rom 9:15 : 15 For he says to Moses:“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Rom 9:20 : 20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
- Eph 1:9 : 9 He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
- Eph 1:11 : 11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Luke 4:26-272 verses81%
26 Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
- 1 Kgs 17:7-1711 verses76%
7 After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 The LORD’s message came to him,
9 “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her,“Please give me a little water in a cup, so I can take a drink.”
11 As she went to get it, he called out to her,“Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12 She said,“As certainly as the LORD your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”
13 Elijah said to her,“Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make me a small cake and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.
14 For this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the LORD makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”
15 She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.
16 The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, in keeping with the LORD’s message that he had spoken through Elijah.
17 After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.
- 1 Kgs 18:1-22 verses72%
1 Elijah 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.”
2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
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24 The woman said to Elijah,“Now I know that you are a prophet and that the LORD’s message really does come through you.”
- 2 Kgs 8:1-22 verses71%
1 Elisha Again Helps the Shunammite Woman Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life,“You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”
2 So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
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17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
- Luke 21:2-43 verses70%
2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3 He said,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.
4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”
- 1 Kgs 17:1-22 verses70%
1 Elijah 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.”
2 The LORD’s message came to him:
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43 He called his disciples and said to them,“I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.
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12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
- 2 Kgs 4:1-55 verses68%
1 Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying,“Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
2 Elisha said to her,“What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered,“Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”
3 He said,“Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can.
4 Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it.”
5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.
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16 If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.
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41 Then Elijah told Ahab,“Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.”
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8 Elisha Gives Life to a Boy One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
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24 And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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3 Honor widows who are truly in need.
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2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
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5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
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13 Certainly 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 18:43-453 verses67%
43 He told his servant,“Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported,“There is nothing.” Seven times Elijah sent him to look.
44 The 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.’”
45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.
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5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.
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4 Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”
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4 When Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
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37 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
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28 The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite,
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9 No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,
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3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
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7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.