1 Kings 18:18

New American Bible - revised edition

He answered, “It is not I who disturb Israel, but you and your father’s house, by forsaking the commands of the Lord and you by following the Baals.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

It was not enough for him to follow the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. He even married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal, and worship him.

1 Kings 16:32

Ahab set up an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria,

1 Kings 21:25

Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil in the sight of the Lord as did Ahab, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

1 Kings 21:26

He became completely abominable by going after idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out of the Israelites’ way.

1 Kings 9:9

And the answer will come: “Because they abandoned the Lord, their God, who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, bowing down to them and serving them. That is why the Lord has brought upon them all this evil.” After Building the Temple.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 28:19

For the Lord had brought Judah low because of Ahaz, king of Israel, who let Judah go its own way and committed treachery against the Lord.

Proverbs 11:19

Justice leads toward life, but pursuit of evil, toward death.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but the just shall be recompensed with good.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked, but those who keep instruction oppose them.

Proverbs 5:22

By their own iniquities the wicked will be caught, in the meshes of their own sin they will be held fast;

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It will go ill with them, with the work of their hands they will be repaid.

Jeremiah 2:13

Two evils my people have done: they have forsaken me, the source of living waters; They have dug themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own wickedness chastises you, your own infidelities punish you. Know then, and see, how evil and bitter is your forsaking the Lord, your God, And your showing no fear of me, oracle of the Lord, the God of hosts.

Jeremiah 23:13

Among Samaria’s prophets I saw something unseemly: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the princes said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death. He is weakening the resolve of the soldiers left in this city and of all the people, by saying such things to them; he is not seeking the welfare of our people, but their ruin.”

Ezekiel 3:8

Look! I make your face as hard as theirs, and your brow as stubborn as theirs.

Matthew 14:4

for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Acts 24:13

Nor can they prove to you the accusations they are now making against me.

Acts 24:20

or let these men themselves state what crime they discovered when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, Soon you will be at rest with your ancestors, and then this people will prostitute themselves by following the foreign gods among whom they will live in the land they are about to enter. They will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them.

1 Samuel 14:29

Jonathan replied: “My father brings trouble to the land. Look how bright my eyes are because I had this little taste of honey.