Bible Cross References
that receiveth a prophet
Genesis 20:7
But now, give the woman back to her husband. He is a prophet, and he will pray for you, so that you will not die. But if you do not give her back, I warn you that you are going to die, you and all your people."
1 Kings 17:9-15
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"Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you."
10
So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the town gate, he saw a widow gathering firewood. "Please bring me a drink of water," he said to her.
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And as she was going to get it, he called out, "And please bring me some bread, too."
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She answered, "By the living LORD your God I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a bit of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death."
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"Don't worry," Elijah said to her. "Go on and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son.
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For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the LORD, send rain.' "
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The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
1 Kings 17:20-24
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Then he prayed aloud, "O LORD my God, why have you done such a terrible thing to this widow? She has been kind enough to take care of me, and now you kill her son!"
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Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed, "O LORD my God, restore this child to life!"
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The LORD answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.
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Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look, your son is alive!"
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She answered, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the LORD really speaks through you!"
1 Kings 18:3
so Ahab called in Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the LORD,
1 Kings 18:4
and when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets, Obadiah took a hundred of them, hid them in caves in two groups of fifty, and provided them with food and water.)
2 Kings 4:8-10
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One day Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal, and from then on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.
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She said to her husband, "I am sure that this man who comes here so often is a holy man.
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Let's build a small room on the roof, put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it, and he can stay there whenever he visits us."
2 Kings 4:16-10
2 Kings 4:17-10
2 Kings 4:32-37
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When Elisha arrived, he went alone into the room and saw the boy lying dead on the bed.
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He closed the door and prayed to the LORD.
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Then he lay down on the boy, placing his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy's mouth, eyes, and hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy's body started to get warm.
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Elisha got up, walked around the room, and then went back and again stretched himself over the boy. The boy sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.
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Elisha called Gehazi and told him to call the boy's mother. When she came in, he said to her, "Here's your son."
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She fell at Elisha's feet, with her face touching the ground; then she took her son and left.
Acts 16:15
After she and the people of her house had been baptized, she invited us, "Come and stay in my house if you have decided that I am a true believer in the Lord." And she persuaded us to go.
Romans 16:1-4
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I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who serves the church at Cenchreae.
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Receive her in the Lord's name, as God's people should, and give her any help she may need from you; for she herself has been a good friend to many people and also to me.
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I send greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in the service of Christ Jesus;
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they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them---not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well.
Romans 16:23-4
2 Timothy 1:16-18
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May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,
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but as soon as he arrived in Rome, he started looking for me until he found me.
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May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus.
Hebrews 6:10
God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.
3 John 1:5-8
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My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers.
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They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God.
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For they set out on their trip in the service of Christ without accepting any help from unbelievers.
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We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
a righteous man's
Matthew 6:1
"Make certain you do not perform your religious duties in public so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:4
Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
Matthew 6:18
so that others cannot know that you are fasting---only your Father, who is unseen, will know. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.
Matthew 25:34-40
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Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.
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I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,
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naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.'
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The righteous will then answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
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When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you?
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When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'
40
The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'
Isaiah 3:10
The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will get to enjoy what they have worked for.
Luke 14:13
When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
Luke 14:14
and you will be blessed, because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death."
1 Corinthians 9:17
If I did my work as a matter of free choice, then I could expect to be paid; but I do it as a matter of duty, because God has entrusted me with this task.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
God will do what is right: he will bring suffering on those who make you suffer,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and he will give relief to you who suffer and to us as well. He will do this when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven with his mighty angels,
2 John 1:8
Be on your guard, then, so that you will not lose what we have worked for, but will receive your reward in full.