2 Kings 4:27

New American Bible - revised edition

But when she reached the man of God on the mountain, she clasped his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said: “Let her alone, she is in bitter anguish; the Lord hid it from me and did not let me know.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:17

The Lord considered: Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

2 Samuel 7:3

Nathan answered the king, “Whatever is in your heart, go and do, for the Lord is with you.”

2 Kings 4:25

She kept going till she reached the man of God on Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi: “There is the Shunammite!

2 Kings 4:26

Hurry to meet her, and ask if everything is all right with her, with her husband, and with the boy.” “Everything is all right,” she replied.

2 Kings 6:12

“No one, my lord king,” answered one of the officers. “The Israelite prophet Elisha can tell the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and its joy no stranger shares.

Proverbs 18:14

One’s spirit supports one when ill, but a broken spirit who can bear?

Amos 3:7

(Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.)

Matthew 15:23

But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”

Matthew 20:31

The crowd warned them to be silent, but they called out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!”

Matthew 28:9

And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.

Mark 10:13

And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

Mark 14:6

Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you make trouble for her? She has done a good thing for me.

Luke 7:38

she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.

John 15:15

I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.

John 4:27

At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman, but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

1 Samuel 1:10

In her bitterness she prayed to the Lord, weeping freely,