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1Ki 19:18 — Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Yet I have left		or, Yet I will leave. Isa 1:9; Isa 10:20-22; Rom 11:4,5
the knees		Exd 20:5; Isa 49:23; Rom 14:10-12; Phl 2:10
every mouth		Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from ad, to and os, oris, the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers. Job 31:27; Psa 2:12; Hsa 13:2

Correlating Passages

Yet I have left

	Isa 1:9	Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
	Isa 10:20	And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
	Isa 10:21	The remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
	Isa 10:22	For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
	Rom 11:4	But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal.
	Rom 11:5	Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

the knees

	Exd 20:5	Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
	Isa 49:23	And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
	Rom 14:10	But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
	Rom 14:11	For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
	Rom 14:12	So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
	Phl 2:10	That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

every mouth

	Job 31:27	And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
	Psa 2:12	Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.
	Hsa 13:2	And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 19:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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