1 Kings 22:8

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1 Kings 22:8

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Summary

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Yet one man

1 Kings 18:4

1 Kings 19:10

1 Kings 20:41

But i hate him

Good

Concerning me

Let not the

1 Kings 21:27

Proverbs 5:12

Micah 2:7

General references

1 Kings 12:9

John 15:18

Bible References

Yet one man

had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.

"I've been very zealous for the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies," he replied. "The Israelis have abandoned your covenant, demolished your altars, executed your prophets with swords, and I that's right, just me! am the only one left. Now they're seeking my life, to get rid of me!"

Then the prophet quickly tore off his bandage, and the king of Israel recognized him as being one of the prophets.

But i hate him

Give him this order: "Place him in prison on survival rations of bread and water only until I come back safely.'"

After hearing this, the king of Israel rode back to his palace in Samaria, frustrated and in a foul mood.

Later on, Ahab asked Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?"

At this, his brothers replied, "Do you really think you're going to rule us or lord it over us?" So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his interpretations of them.

but they mocked God's messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until there was no remedy for the wrath of the LORD that arose to punish his people.

Evil will kill the wicked; those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.

Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

"This is what my Lord says the LORD your Redeemer, O Israel, and his Holy One to one despised by people, to those abhorred as a nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings see and arise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, the one who has chosen you."

Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"

Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."

Indeed, Neriah's son Baruch is inciting you against us in order to give us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us, or to take us into exile to Babylon."

They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.

In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its actions are evil.

"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.

So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war against them, conquer them, and kill them.

Good

Meanwhile, the messenger who had gone off to summon Micaiah advised him, "Look, everything that the other prophets were saying was unanimously favorable to the king. So please, cooperate with them and speak favorably."

They say to the seers, "Don't see visions,' and to the prophets, "Don't give us visions of what is right! Instead, tell us welcome things, prophesy illusions,

Then the officials told the king, "Let this man be put to death because he's undermining the efforts of the soldiers who remain in this city and that of all the people by speaking words like these to them. Indeed, this man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but rather their harm."

Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: "Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?"

Concerning me

Right about then, one of the members of the guild of prophets told another through a message from the LORD: "Please strike me!" But the man refused to do so,

As soon as Joram noticed Jehu, he cried out, "Peace, Jehu?" Jehu replied, "What peace, given your mother Jezebel's prostitution and all of her witchcraft?"

"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.

when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace to the one who is far away or near," says the LORD, "and I'll heal him.

Let not the

Nevertheless, as soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and wandered around meekly.

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

"It is said, house of Jacob, "The Spirit of the LORD is limited, if he acts this way, is he not?' "But my words benefit those who live righteously, do they not?

General references

As a result, he asked them, "What's your advice so that we can give an answer to these people who have asked me, "Please lighten the burden that your father put on us.'?"

"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.