1 Kings 18:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I swear to you in the name of the living LORD your God that the king has looked everywhere for you. He sent people to look in every country, and when they couldn't find you, he made the leader of each country swear that you were not in that country.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:29

Then he said, “The living LORD God of Israel has kept me safe. And so today, I will keep the promise I made to you in his name: Solomon will be the next king!”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living LORD, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”

1 Kings 17:12

The widow answered, “In the name of the living LORD your God, I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour and a little olive oil. I'm on my way home now with these few sticks to cook what I have for my son and me. After that, we will starve to death.”

1 Kings 17:5

Elijah obeyed the LORD and went to live near Cherith Brook.

1 Kings 17:9

“Go to the town of Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I've told a widow in that town to give you food.”

1 Kings 18:11

Do you really want me to tell him you're here?

1 Kings 18:15

Elijah said, “I'm a servant of the living LORD All-Powerful, and I swear in his name that I will meet with Ahab today.”

1 Kings 18:9

Obadiah replied: King Ahab would kill me if I told him that. And I haven't even done anything wrong.

1 Kings 2:24

The LORD made me king in my father's place and promised that the kings of Israel would come from my family. Yes, I swear by the living LORD that Adonijah will die today.

1 Kings 22:14

“I'll say whatever the living LORD tells me to say,” Micaiah replied.

Psalm 10:2

Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Psalm 31:20

You are their shelter from harmful plots, and you are their protection from vicious gossip.

Psalm 91:1

Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 36:19

The officials said, “You and Jeremiah must go into hiding, and don't tell anyone where you are.”

Jeremiah 36:26

The king told his son Jerahmeel to take Seraiah and Shelemiah and to go and arrest Baruch and me. But the LORD kept them from finding us.

John 8:59

The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.

1 Samuel 23:23

Find out where all his hiding places are and come back when you're sure. Then I'll go with you. If he is still in the area, or anywhere among the clans of Judah, I'll find him.

1 Samuel 29:6

Achish called David over and said: I swear by the living LORD that you've been honest with me, and I want you to fight by my side. I don't think you've done anything wrong from the day you joined me until this very moment. But the other Philistine rulers don't want you to come along.