1 Kings 17:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:2

The word of the Lord came to him, saying,

1 Kings 18:1

After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.”

1 Kings 18:10

As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent to seek you, and when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would require an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.

1 Kings 18:15

Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

1 Kings 8:35

“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and then they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin because you punish them,

2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

2 Kings 3:14

Elisha said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, whom I serve, were it not that I have regard for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would give you neither a look nor a glance.

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.”

2 Kings 5:16

But he said, “As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will accept nothing!” He urged him to accept, but he refused.

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has let that Aramean Naaman off too lightly by not accepting from him what he offered. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

2 Chronicles 21:12

A letter came to him from the prophet Elijah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David: Because you have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or in the ways of King Asa of Judah

2 Chronicles 6:26

“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and then they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin because you punish them,

Job 12:15

If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up your eyes all around and see; they all gather; they come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you shall put all of them on like an ornament, and like a bride you shall bind them on.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Can any idols of the nations bring rain, or can the heavens give showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for it is you who do all this.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says the Lord: If you turn back, I will take you back, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall serve as my mouth. It is they who will turn to you, not you who will turn to them.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

Haggai 1:10

Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Matthew 16:14

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 27:47

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

Matthew 27:49

But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”

Matthew 7:29

for he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes.

Luke 1:17

With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 1:19

The angel replied, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 9:30

Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.

Luke 9:33

Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us set up three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not realizing what he was saying.

Luke 9:54

When his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

John 1:21

And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

John 1:25

They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

Acts 27:23

For last night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.

James 5:17

Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

Revelation 11:6

They have authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.

Judges 12:4

Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives from Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the heart of Ephraim and Manasseh.”