2 Kings 4:39

Bible in Basic English 1965

And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;

1 Kings 6:18

All the inside of the house was cedar-wood, ornamented with designs of buds and flowers; no stonework was to be seen inside.

2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

2 Kings 4:40

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

Proverbs 19:2

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

Jeremiah 2:21

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

Matthew 15:13

But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

Hebrews 12:15

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;