1 Kings 18:27

God's Word

At noon Elijah started to make fun of them. “Shout louder, since he is a god. Maybe he’s thinking, relieving himself, or traveling! Maybe he’s sleeping, and you have to wake him!”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

They took the bull he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon. They said, “Baal, answer us!” But there wasn’t a sound or an answer. So they danced around the altar they had made.

1 Kings 18:28

So they shouted louder. They also cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. (This is what their ritual called for.)

1 Kings 22:15

When he came to the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?” Micaiah said to him, “Attack and you will win. The Lord will hand it over to you.”

2 Chronicles 25:8

If you go into battle with them, no matter how courageous you are, God will use the enemy to defeat you, because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.”

Psalm 121:4

Indeed, the Guardian of Israel never rests or sleeps.

Psalm 39:3

My heart burned like a fire flaring up within me. Then I spoke with my tongue:

Psalm 44:23

Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject us forever!

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You young people should enjoy yourselves while you’re young. You should let your hearts make you happy when you’re young. Follow wherever your heart leads you and whatever your eyes see. But realize that God will make you give an account for all these things when he judges everyone.

Isaiah 41:23

Tell us what’s going to happen so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something, good or evil, to intimidate us and make us afraid.

Isaiah 51:9

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab  into pieces and stab the serpent?

Ezekiel 20:39

“ ‘Nation of Israel, this is what the Almighty Lord says: Serve your disgusting idols. But afterwards, you will listen to me. You will no longer dishonor my holy name with your gifts and your disgusting idols.

Matthew 26:45

Then he came back to the disciples and said to them, “You might as well sleep now. The time is near for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.

Mark 14:41

He came back a third time and said to them, “You might as well sleep now. It’s all over. The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.

Mark 7:9

He added, “You have no trouble rejecting the commandments of God in order to keep your own traditions!