2 Kings 4:1

Good News Translation

The widow of a member of a group of prophets went to Elisha and said, “Sir, my husband has died! As you know, he was a God-fearing man, but now a man he owed money to has come to take away my two sons as slaves in payment for my husband's debt.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

“Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him,” he said. “Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him.”

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 20:35

At the Lord's command a member of a group of prophets ordered a fellow prophet to hit him. But he refused,

2 Kings 2:15

The fifty prophets from Jericho saw him and said, “The power of Elijah is on Elisha!” They went to meet him, bowed down before him,

2 Kings 2:3

A group of prophets who lived there went to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha answered. “But let's not talk about it.”

2 Kings 2:5

A group of prophets who lived there went to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha answered. “But let's not talk about it.”

2 Kings 2:7

and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away.

2 Kings 4:38

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.

2 Kings 6:9

But Elisha sent word to the king of Israel, warning him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting in ambush there.

Nehemiah 10:31

If foreigners bring grain or anything else to sell to us on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will not buy from them. Every seventh year we will not farm the land, and we will cancel all debts.

Nehemiah 7:2

I put two men in charge of governing the city of Jerusalem: my brother Hanani and Hananiah, commanding officer of the fortress. Hananiah was a reliable and God-fearing man without equal.

Psalm 103:11

As high as the sky is above the earth, so great is his love for those who honor him.

Psalm 103:17

But for those who honor the Lord, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations

Psalm 115:13

He will bless everyone who honors him, the great and the small alike.

Psalm 147:11

but he takes pleasure in those who honor him, in those who trust in his constant love.

Proverbs 22:7

Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: “If you obey God, everything will be all right,

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.

Jeremiah 34:14

every seven years they were to set free any Hebrew slave who had served them for six years. But your ancestors would not pay any attention to me or listen to what I said.

Leviticus 25:48

After they are sold, they still have the right to be bought back. A brother

Malachi 3:16

Then the people who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard what they said. In his presence, there was written down in a book a record of those who feared the Lord and respected him.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

Matthew 18:25

The servant did not have enough to pay his debt, so the king ordered him to be sold as a slave, with his wife and his children and all that he had, in order to pay the debt.

Matthew 18:30

But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt.

Matthew 18:35

And Jesus concluded, “That is how my Father in heaven will treat every one of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

Acts 13:26

“My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!

James 2:13

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 15:4

Who will not stand in awe of you, Lord? Who will refuse to declare your greatness? You alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship you, because your just actions are seen by all.”

Revelation 19:5

Then there came from the throne the sound of a voice, saying, “Praise our God, all his servants and all people, both great and small, who have reverence for him!”

Ruth 1:3

Elimelech died, and Naomi was left alone with her two sons,

1 Samuel 22:2

People who were oppressed or in debt or dissatisfied went to him, about four hundred men in all, and he became their leader.