1 Kings 13:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.”
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“But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 13:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Numbers 22:13So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
- Numbers 22:19So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
- 1 Kings 13:8But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
- Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Matthew 16:23But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
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