1 Kings 13:8

World English Bible (2000)

The man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

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  • Num 22:18 : 18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 24:13 : 13 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says'?
  • 1 Kgs 13:16-17 : 16 He said, "I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place. 17 For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'"
  • 2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.
  • 2 Kgs 5:26-27 : 26 He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever." He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
  • Mark 6:11 : 11 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
  • Mark 6:23 : 23 He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
  • Exod 5:3 : 3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
  • Exod 5:6 : 6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
  • Exod 7:2 : 2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 13:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9 for so was it commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.'"

    10 So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14-22
    9 verses
    82%

    14 He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am."

    15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me, and eat bread."

    16 He said, "I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.

    17 For it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.'"

    18 He said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" He lied to him.

    19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

    20 It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;

    21 and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,

    22 but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, "Eat no bread, and drink no water;" your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"

  • 1 Kgs 13:7
    81%

    7 The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."

  • 2 Kgs 5:16
    72%

    16 But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.

  • 1 Sam 28:23
    71%

    23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    70%

    9 Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do.'" The messengers departed, and brought him back the message.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    70%

    7 A man of God came to him, saying, "O king, don't let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

  • Num 22:18
    70%

    18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

  • Jer 16:8
    69%

    8 You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
    69%

    22 He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."

  • 1 Kgs 18:13
    69%

    13 Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

  • Deut 2:28
    69%

    28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet,

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
    69%

    2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

  • 1 Kgs 17:11
    69%

    11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."

  • Num 24:13
    68%

    13 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says'?

  • Judg 13:16
    68%

    16 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 3:35
    68%

    35 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down."

  • 2 Kgs 7:19
    68%

    19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, "Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" and he said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

  • Isa 3:7
    68%

    7 In that day he will cry out, saying, "I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people."

  • 2 Kgs 4:43
    68%

    43 His servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?" But he said, "Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Yahweh, 'They will eat, and will have some left over.'"

  • 1 Sam 9:7
    68%

    7 Then Saul said to his servant, "But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    68%

    3 One said, "Please be pleased to go with your servants." He answered, "I will go."

  • Prov 30:8
    68%

    8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

  • Luke 10:7
    68%

    7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.

  • 1 Kgs 22:27
    68%

    27 Say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."'"

  • 1 Chr 17:4
    67%

    4 "Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    67%

    8 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

  • 2 Chr 18:26
    67%

    26 and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."'"

  • 1 Sam 25:11
    67%

    11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?"

  • 2 Chr 18:17
    67%

    17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"

  • Gen 24:33
    67%

    33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

  • Job 22:7
    67%

    7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • 1 Kgs 17:13
    67%

    13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    67%

    2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel." Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

  • 2 Sam 19:33
    67%

    33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem."

  • 2 Kgs 4:41
    67%

    41 But he said, "Then bring meal." He cast it into the pot; and he said, "Pour out for the people, that they may eat." There was no harm in the pot.

  • 2 Sam 19:36
    67%

    36 Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?

  • 2 Kgs 6:10
    67%

    10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
    67%

    26 He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?

  • 1 Kgs 20:35
    67%

    35 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, "Please strike me!" The man refused to strike him.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    67%

    9 Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"