1 Kings 18:18

New International Version

“I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.

Cross References

1 Kings 16:31

He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

1 Kings 16:32

He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.

1 Kings 21:25

(There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.

1 Kings 21:26

He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the Lord drove out before Israel.)

1 Kings 9:9

People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 28:19

The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord.

Proverbs 11:19

Truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death.

Proverbs 13:21

Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

Proverbs 5:22

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the Lord your God and have no awe of me,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

Jeremiah 23:13

“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

Ezekiel 3:8

But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.

Matthew 14:4

for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Acts 24:13

And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me.

Acts 24:20

Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin—

Deuteronomy 31:16

And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.

1 Samuel 14:29

Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.