1 Kings 17:12

Modern English Version

She said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, but only a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a jar. I am gathering two sticks, that I can go in and make it for me and my son, so we may eat it and die.”

Cross References

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the skin was gone, she placed the child under one of the shrubs.

Genesis 21:16

Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot, for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the child.” She sat across from him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

2 Samuel 15:21

Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives and as lives my lord the king, only in the place where my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, there alone will your servant be.”

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years except by my word.”

1 Kings 17:11

As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

1 Kings 17:13

Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for your son and you,

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the field, behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, those who are sick with famine! Indeed, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they do not know.

Jeremiah 4:2

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Lamentations 4:9

Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, for they pine away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

Matthew 26:7

a woman came to Him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment and poured it on His head as He sat at supper.

1 Samuel 14:39

For, as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die.” But there was not one who answered him from among all the people.

1 Samuel 14:45

The people said to Saul, “Will Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lives, there will not one hair of his head fall to the ground. For he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

1 Samuel 20:21

And behold, I will send a boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the boy, ‘See, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then come, for it will be safe for you. And as the Lord lives, it is nothing of concern.

1 Samuel 20:3

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from coming in bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those seeking to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 26:10

David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.