Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

General references

Bible References

Hast thou found me

1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"
1 Kings 22:8
"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me. Instead, he prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."
2 Chronicles 18:7
"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he won't prophesy anything good about me. Instead, he always prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."
Amos 5:10
They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.
Mark 12:12
They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.
Galatians 4:16
So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?
Revelation 11:10
Those living on earth will gloat over them, celebrate, and send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.
Amos 5:10
They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.
Mark 12:12
They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.
Galatians 4:16
So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?
Revelation 11:10
Those living on earth will gloat over them, celebrate, and send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.

Thou hast sold

1 Kings 21:25
It can be truly said that no one else sold himself to practice what the LORD considered to be evil quite like the way Ahab did, because his wife Jezebel incited him.
2 Kings 17:17
They passed their sons and daughters through fire, practiced divination, cast spells, and sold themselves to practice what the LORD considered to be evil, thereby provoking him.
Isaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look! It's because of your sins that you were sold, and because of your transgressions that your mother was sent away.
Isaiah 52:3
For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and you'll be redeemed without money."
Romans 7:14
For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am merely human, sold as a slave to sin.

To work

1 Kings 16:30
Omri's son Ahab practiced more of what the LORD considered to be evil than anyone who had lived before him.
2 Kings 21:2
He did what the LORD considered to be evil, following the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD had expelled in full view of the people of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:6
He burned his sons as an offering in the Ben-hinnom Valley, practiced fortune-telling, witchcraft, sorcery, and communicated with mediums and separatists. He did a lot of things that the LORD considered to be evil, thus provoking him.
Ephesians 4:19
Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint.

General references

Proverbs 9:7
Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
Ezekiel 3:8
So pay attention! I'm going to make you just as obstinate and unyielding as they are.

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