2 Kings 4:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:17

The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

2 Samuel 7:3

And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.”

2 Kings 4:25

So she set out, and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, yonder is the Shunammite;

2 Kings 4:26

run at once to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?” And she answered, “It is well.”

2 Kings 6:12

And one of his servants said, “None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.”

Job 10:1

“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Proverbs 14:10

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

Proverbs 18:14

A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”

Matthew 20:31

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Matthew 28:9

And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Hail!” And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.

Mark 10:13

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Luke 7:38

and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 4:27

Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, “What do you wish?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”

1 Samuel 1:10

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.