2 Kings 4:39

New Living Translation

One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.

1 Kings 6:18

Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”

2 Kings 4:40

Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there’s poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.

Proverbs 19:2

Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?

Jeremiah 2:21

But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

Matthew 15:13

Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,

Hebrews 12:15

Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.