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1Ki 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3094. B.C. 910.
Elijah		Heb. Elijahu. Mat 11:14; Mat 16:14; Mat 27:47,49; Luk 1:17; Luk 4:25,26; Luk 9:30,33,54; Jhn 1:21,25; Rom 11:2; Elias
As the LORD God		1Ki 22:14; 2Ki 3:14; 2Ki 5:16; Isa 49:18; Mat 7:29; Luk 1:17
before whom		Deu 10:8; Jer 15:19; Luk 1:19; Luk 21:36; Act 27:23
dew nor rain		Luk 4:25; Jam 5:17; Rev 11:6

Correlating Passages

Elijah

	Mat 11:14	And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.
	Mat 16:14	And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
	Mat 27:47	Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
	Mat 27:49	The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
	Luk 4:25	But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
	Luk 4:26	But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
	Luk 9:30	And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
	Luk 9:33	And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
	Luk 9:54	And when his disciples James and John saw [this], they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
	Jhn 1:21	And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
	Jhn 1:25	And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
	Rom 11:2	God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

As the LORD God

	1Ki 22:14	And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
	2Ki 3:14	And Elisha said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
	2Ki 5:16	But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused.
	Isa 49:18	Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].
	Mat 7:29	For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.
	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

before whom

	Deu 10:8	At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
	Jer 15:19	Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
	Luk 1:19	And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
	Luk 21:36	Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
	Act 27:23	For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

dew nor rain

	Luk 4:25	But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
	Jam 5:17	Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
	Rev 11:6	These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

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