2 Kings 1:13

New American Bible - revised edition

The king sent a third captain with his company of fifty men. When the third captain had climbed the hill, he fell to his knees before Elijah, pleading with him. He said, “Man of God, let my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants, count for something in your sight!

Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king said to the man of God, “Entreat the Lord, your God, and intercede for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored as it was before.

2 Kings 1:12

Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And divine fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

2 Kings 1:14

Already fire has come down from heaven, consuming the first two captains with their companies of fifty men. But now, let my life count for something in your sight!”

Psalm 102:17

Once the Lord has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,

Psalm 72:14

From extortion and violence he redeems them, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Exodus 11:8

All these servants of yours will then come down to me and bow down before me, saying: Leave, you and all your followers! Then I will depart.” With that he left Pharaoh’s presence in hot anger.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you pound fools with a pestle, their folly never leaves them.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Among all the things that are done under the sun, this is the worst, that there is one lot for all. Hence the hearts of human beings are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts during life; and afterward—to the dead!

Isaiah 1:5

Why would you yet be struck, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 60:14

The children of your oppressors shall come, bowing before you; All those who despised you, shall bow low at your feet. They shall call you “City of the Lord,” “Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things when all of them came to be—oracle of the Lord. This is the one whom I approve: the afflicted one, crushed in spirit, who trembles at my word.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, do your eyes not search for honesty? You struck them, but they did not flinch; you laid them low, but they refused correction; They set their faces harder than stone, and refused to return.

James 4:7

So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I will make those of the assembly of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying, behold I will make them come and fall prostrate at your feet, and they will realize that I love you.

1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul said: “I have done wrong. Come back, David, my son! I will not harm you again, because you considered my life precious today even though I have been a fool and have made a serious mistake.”