Verse 20

Notwithstanding{G235} I have{G2192}{(G5719)} a few things{G3641} against{G2596} thee{G4675}, because{G3754} thou sufferest{G1439}{(G5719)} that woman{G1135} Jezebel{G2403}, which{G3588} calleth{G3004}{(G5723)} herself{G1438} a prophetess{G4398}, to teach{G1321}{(G5721)} and{G2532} to seduce{G4105}{(G5745)} my{G1699} servants{G1401} to commit fornication{G4203}{(G5658)}, and{G2532} to eat{G5315}{(G5629)} things sacrificed unto idols{G1494}.

Referenced Verses

  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But{G235} I have{G2192}{(G5719)} a few things{G3641} against{G2596} thee{G4675}, because{G3754} thou hast{G2192}{(G5719)} there{G1563} them that hold{G2902}{(G5723)} the doctrine{G1322} of Balaam{G903}, who{G3739} taught{G1722}{G1321}{(G5707)} Balac{G904} to cast{G906}{(G5629)} a stumblingblock{G4625} before{G1799} the children{G5207} of Israel{G2474}, to eat{G5315}{(G5629)} things sacrificed unto idols{G1494}, and{G2532} to commit fornication{G4203}{(G5658)}.
  • 1 Kgs 16:31 : 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing{H7043}{(H8738)} for him to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028}, that he took{H3947}{(H8799)} to wife{H802} Jezebel{H348} the daughter{H1323} of Ethbaal{H856} king{H4428} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} him.
  • 2 Kgs 9:7 : 7 And thou shalt smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} thy master{H113}, that I may avenge{H5358}{(H8765)} the blood{H1818} of my servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, and the blood{H1818} of all the servants{H5650} of the LORD{H3068}, at the hand{H3027} of Jezebel{H348}.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain{G567}{(G5733)} from meats offered to idols{G1494}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}, and{G2532} from things strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}: from{G1537} which{G3739} if ye keep{G1301}{(G5723)} yourselves{G1438}, ye shall do{G4238}{(G5692)} well{G2095}. Fare ye well{G4517}{(G5770)}.
  • 1 Cor 10:18-21 : 18 Behold{G991}{(G5720)} Israel{G2474} after{G2596} the flesh{G4561}: are{G1526} not{G3780} they{G1526}{(G5748)} which eat{G2068}{(G5723)} of the sacrifices{G2378} partakers{G2844} of the altar{G2379}? 19 What{G5101} say I{G5346}{(G5748)} then{G3767}? that{G3754} the idol{G1497} is{G2076}{(G5748)} any thing{G5100}, or{G2228} that{G3754} which is offered in sacrifice to idols{G1494} is{G2076}{(G5748)} any thing{G5100}? 20 But{G235} I say, that{G3754} the things which{G3739} the Gentiles{G1484} sacrifice{G2380}{(G5719)}, they sacrifice{G2380}{(G5719)} to devils{G1140}, and{G2532} not{G3756} to God{G2316}: and{G1161} I would{G2309}{(G5719)} not{G3756} that ye{G5209} should have{G1096}{(G5738)} fellowship{G2844} with devils{G1140}. 21 Ye cannot{G3756}{G1410}{(G5736)} drink{G4095}{(G5721)} the cup{G4221} of the Lord{G2962}, and{G2532} the cup{G4221} of devils{G1140}: ye cannot{G3756}{G1410}{(G5736)} be partakers{G3348}{(G5721)} of the Lord's{G2962} table{G5132}, and{G2532} of the table{G5132} of devils{G1140}.
  • 1 Cor 8:10-12 : 10 For{G1063} if{G1437} any man{G5100} see{G1492}{(G5632)} thee{G4571} which{G3588} hast{G2192}{(G5723)} knowledge{G1108} sit at meat{G2621}{(G5740)} in{G1722} the idol's temple{G1493}, shall{G3618} not{G3780} the conscience{G4893} of him{G846} which is{G5607}{(G5752)} weak{G772} be emboldened{G3618}{(G5701)}{G1519} to eat{G2068}{(G5721)} those things which are offered to idols{G1494}; 11 And{G2532} through{G1909} thy{G4674} knowledge{G1108} shall{G622} the weak{G770}{(G5723)} brother{G80} perish{G622}{(G5689)}, for{G1223} whom{G3739} Christ{G5547} died{G599}{(G5627)}? 12 But{G1161} when ye sin{G264}{(G5723)} so{G3779} against{G1519} the brethren{G80}, and{G2532} wound{G5180}{(G5723)} their{G846} weak{G770}{(G5723)} conscience{G4893}, ye sin{G264}{(G5719)} against{G1519} Christ{G5547}.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23-25 : 23 And of Jezebel{H348} also spake{H1696}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} Jezebel{H348} by the wall{H2426} of Jezreel{H3157}. 24 Him that dieth{H4191}{(H8801)} of Ahab{H256} in the city{H5892} the dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}; and him that dieth{H4191}{(H8801)} in the field{H7704} shall the fowls{H5775} of the air{H8064} eat{H398}{(H8799)}. 25 But there was none like unto Ahab{H256}, which did sell{H4376}{(H8694)} himself to work{H6213}{(H8800)} wickedness{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, whom Jezebel{H348} his wife{H802} stirred up{H5496}{(H8689)}.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But{G235} that we write{G1989}{(G5658)} unto them{G846}, that they abstain{G567}{(G5733)} from{G575} pollutions{G234} of idols{G1497}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}, and{G2532} from things strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}.
  • Exod 34:15 : 15 Lest thou make{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, and they go a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} their gods{H430}, and do sacrifice{H2076}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}, and one call{H7121}{(H8804)} thee, and thou eat{H398}{(H8804)} of his sacrifice{H2077};
  • 2 Kgs 9:30-37 : 30 And when Jehu{H3058} was come{H935}{(H8799)} to Jezreel{H3157}, Jezebel{H348} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} of it; and she painted{H7760}{(H8799)}{H6320} her face{H5869}, and tired{H3190}{(H8686)} her head{H7218}, and looked out{H8259}{(H8686)} at a window{H2474}. 31 And as Jehu{H3058} entered in{H935}{(H8804)} at the gate{H8179}, she said{H559}{(H8799)}, Had Zimri{H2174} peace{H7965}, who slew{H2026}{(H8802)} his master{H113}? 32 And he lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} his face{H6440} to the window{H2474}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out{H8259}{(H8686)} to him two{H8147} or three{H7969} eunuchs{H5631}. 33 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Throw her down{H8058}{(H8798)}. So they threw her down{H8058}{(H8799)}: and some of her blood{H1818} was sprinkled{H5137}{(H8799)} on the wall{H7023}, and on the horses{H5483}: and he trode her under foot{H7429}{(H8799)}. 34 And when he was come in{H935}{(H8799)}, he did eat{H398}{(H8799)} and drink{H8354}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H6485}{(H8798)}, see now this cursed{H779}{(H8803)} woman, and bury{H6912}{(H8798)} her: for she is a king's{H4428} daughter{H1323}. 35 And they went{H3212}{(H8799)} to bury{H6912}{(H8800)} her: but they found{H4672}{(H8804)} no more of her than{H518} the skull{H1538}, and the feet{H7272}, and the palms{H3709} of her hands{H3027}. 36 Wherefore they came again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, This is the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, which he spake{H1696}{(H8765)} by{H3027} his servant{H5650} Elijah{H452} the Tishbite{H8664}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, In the portion{H2506} of Jezreel{H3157} shall dogs{H3611} eat{H398}{(H8799)} the flesh{H1320} of Jezebel{H348}: 37 And the carcase{H5038} of Jezebel{H348} shall be as dung{H1828} upon the face{H6440} of the field{H7704} in the portion{H2506} of Jezreel{H3157}; so that they shall not say{H559}{(H8799)}, This is Jezebel{H348}.
  • Rev 2:4 : 4 Nevertheless{G235} I have{G2192}{(G5719)} somewhat against{G2596} thee{G4675}, because{G3754} thou hast left{G863}{(G5656)} thy{G4675} first{G4413} love{G26}.
  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 And Ahab{H256} told{H5046}{(H8686)} Jezebel{H348} all that Elijah{H452} had done{H6213}{(H8804)}, and withal how he had slain{H2026}{(H8804)} all the prophets{H5030} with the sword{H2719}. 2 Then Jezebel{H348} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} a messenger{H4397} unto Elijah{H452}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, So let the gods{H430} do{H6213}{(H8799)} to me, and more{H3254}{(H8686)} also, if I make{H7760}{(H8799)} not thy life{H5315} as the life{H5315} of one{H259} of them by to morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256}.
  • 1 Kgs 21:7-9 : 7 And Jezebel{H348} his wife{H802} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Dost thou now govern{H6213}{(H8799)} the kingdom{H4410} of Israel{H3478}? arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and eat{H398}{(H8798)} bread{H3899}, and let thine heart{H3820} be merry{H3190}{(H8799)}: I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee the vineyard{H3754} of Naboth{H5022} the Jezreelite{H3158}. 8 So she wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} letters{H5612} in Ahab's{H256} name{H8034}, and sealed{H2856}{(H8799)} them with his seal{H2368}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} the letters{H5612} unto the elders{H2205} and to the nobles{H2715} that were in his city{H5892}, dwelling{H3427}{(H8802)} with Naboth{H5022}. 9 And she wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} in the letters{H5612}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Proclaim{H7121}{(H8798)} a fast{H6685}, and set{H3427}{(H8685)} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people{H5971}: 10 And set{H3427}{(H8685)} two{H8147} men{H582}, sons{H1121} of Belial{H1100}, before him, to bear witness{H5749}{(H8686)} against him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou didst blaspheme{H1288}{(H8765)} God{H430} and the king{H4428}. And then carry him out{H3318}{(H8689)}, and stone{H5619}{(H8798)} him, that he may die{H4191}{(H8799)}. 11 And the men{H582} of his city{H5892}, even the elders{H2205} and the nobles{H2715} who were the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} in his city{H5892}, did{H6213}{(H8799)} as Jezebel{H348} had sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto them, and as it was written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the letters{H5612} which she had sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto them. 12 They proclaimed{H7121}{(H8804)} a fast{H6685}, and set{H3427}{(H8689)} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people{H5971}. 13 And there came{H935}{(H8799)} in two{H8147} men{H582}, children{H1121} of Belial{H1100}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} before him: and the men{H582} of Belial{H1100} witnessed{H5749}{(H8686)} against him, even against Naboth{H5022}, in the presence of the people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Naboth{H5022} did blaspheme{H1288}{(H8765)} God{H430} and the king{H4428}. Then they carried him forth{H3318}{(H8686)} out{H2351} of the city{H5892}, and stoned{H5619}{(H8799)} him with stones{H68}, that he died{H4191}{(H8799)}. 14 Then they sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to Jezebel{H348}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Naboth{H5022} is stoned{H5619}{(H8795)}, and is dead{H4191}{(H8799)}. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel{H348} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} that Naboth{H5022} was stoned{H5619}{(H8795)}, and was dead{H4191}{(H8799)}, that Jezebel{H348} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Ahab{H256}, Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, take possession{H3423}{(H8798)} of the vineyard{H3754} of Naboth{H5022} the Jezreelite{H3158}, which he refused{H3985}{(H8765)} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} thee for money{H3701}: for Naboth{H5022} is not alive{H2416}, but dead{H4191}{(H8804)}.
  • Num 25:1-2 : 1 And Israel{H3478} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in Shittim{H7851}, and the people{H5971} began{H2490}{(H8686)} to commit whoredom{H2181}{(H8800)} with the daughters{H1323} of Moab{H4124}. 2 And they called{H7121}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} unto the sacrifices{H2077} of their gods{H430}: and the people{H5971} did eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and bowed down{H7812}{(H8691)} to their gods{H430}.
  • 1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But{G1161} if{G1437} any man{G5100} say{G2036}{(G5632)} unto you{G5213}, This{G5124} is{G2076}{(G5748)} offered in sacrifice unto idols{G1494}, eat{G2068}{(G5720)} not{G3361} for{G1223} his sake{G1565} that shewed it{G3377}{(G5660)}, and{G2532} for conscience sake{G4893}: for{G1063} the earth{G1093} is the Lord's{G2962}, and{G2532} the fulness{G4138} thereof{G846}: