1 Kings 18:10

War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal

⁹ But Obadiah said, “What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death? ¹⁰ As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you. ¹¹ “Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here!”’

He is Not Here

On Earth

Swear an Oath

Swear by the Lord

Take an Oath

Took an Oath

Ahab

Jehovah

No

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!”

1 Samuel 29:6

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good to have you working with me in the camp, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don’t think you are reliable.

1 Kings 1:29

The king swore an oath and said, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from every difficulty,

1 Kings 2:24

And now, as the Lord lives, the One who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as He promised—I swear Adonijah will be put to death today!”

1 Kings 17:5

So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked—only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

1 Kings 18:15

Then Elijah said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Psalm 12:7-8

You, Lord, will guard us;
You will protect us from this generation forever.

Psalm 31:20

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;
You conceal them in a shelter
from the schemes of men,
from quarrelsome tongues.

Psalm 91:1

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Jeremiah 26:20-23

Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 36:26

Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord had hidden them.

John 8:59

At that, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple complex.