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Gen 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a prophet		The word navi, rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa 10; 1Ki 18:1-46; 1Cr 14:4; The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet. Exd 4:16; Exd 7:1; Exd 12:1-3; Exd 18:17; Exd 7:1; 1Ch 16:22; Psa 25:14; Psa 105:9-15; Hbr 1:1
pray		Lev 6:4,7; 1Sa 7:5,8; 1Sa 12:19,23; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 13:6; 2Ki 5:11; 2Ki 19:2-4; Job 42:8; Jer 14:11; Jer 15:1; Jer 27:18; Jam 5:14-16; 1Jo 5:16; Rev 11:5,6
surely		Gen 20:18; Gen 2:17; Gen 12:17; Job 34:19; Psa 105:14; Eze 3:18; Eze 33:8,14-16; Hbr 13:4
all		Gen 12:15; Num 16:32,33; 2Sa 24:17

Correlating Passages

a prophet

	1Sa 10:1	Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance?
	1Sa 10:2	When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
	1Sa 10:3	Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
	1Sa 10:4	And they will salute thee, and give thee two [loaves] of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
	1Sa 10:5	After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
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	1Ki 18:1	And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
	1Ki 18:2	And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
	1Ki 18:3	And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
	1Ki 18:4	For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
	1Ki 18:5	And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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	1Cr 14:4	He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
	Exd 4:16	And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
	Exd 7:1	And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
	Exd 12:1	And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
	Exd 12:2	This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.
	Exd 12:3	Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house:
	Exd 18:17	And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest [is] not good.
	Exd 7:1	And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
	1Ch 16:22	[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
	Psa 25:14	The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
	Psa 105:9	Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
	Psa 105:10	And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:
	Psa 105:11	Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
	Psa 105:12	When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
	Psa 105:13	When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;
	Psa 105:14	He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
	Psa 105:15	[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
	Hbr 1:1	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

pray

	Lev 6:4	Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
	Lev 6:7	And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
	1Sa 7:5	And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
	1Sa 7:8	And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
	1Sa 12:19	And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
	1Sa 12:23	Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
	2Sa 24:17	And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
	1Ki 13:6	And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before.
	2Ki 5:11	But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
	2Ki 19:2	And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
	2Ki 19:3	And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
	2Ki 19:4	It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that are left.
	Job 42:8	Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.
	Jer 14:11	Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.
	Jer 15:1	Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.
	Jer 27:18	But if they [be] prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
	Jam 5:14	Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
	Jam 5:15	And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
	Jam 5:16	Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
	1Jo 5:16	If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
	Rev 11:5	And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
	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.

surely

	Gen 20:18	For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
	Gen 2:17	But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
	Gen 12:17	And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
	Job 34:19	[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
	Psa 105:14	He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
	Eze 3:18	When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou gi