1 Kings 19:14

New American Bible - revised edition

He replied, “I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, but the Israelites have forsaken your covenant. They have destroyed your altars and murdered your prophets by the sword. I alone remain, and they seek to take my life.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:22

So Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the Lord, and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 18:30

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” When they drew near to him, he repaired the altar of the Lord which had been destroyed.

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were not constant toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

Isaiah 1:4

Ah! Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil offspring, corrupt children! They have forsaken the Lord, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized,

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her salvation like a burning torch.

Jeremiah 22:9

And they will be told: “Because they have deserted their covenant with the Lord, their God, by worshiping and serving other gods.”

Daniel 11:30

When ships of the Kittim confront him, he shall lose heart and retreat. Then he shall rage against the holy covenant and take action; he shall again favor those who forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 3:18

But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”

Hosea 6:7

But they, at Adam, violated the covenant; there they betrayed me.

Romans 11:3

“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”

Deuteronomy 29:25

and they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods whom they did not know and whom he had not apportioned to them.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey which I promised on oath to their ancestors, and they have eaten and are satisfied and have grown fat, if they turn to other gods and serve them, despising me and breaking my covenant,

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they did not stand by my covenant and I ignored them, says the Lord.