Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Him by the feet
Hid it from me
General references
Bible References
Him by the feet
Matthew 28:9
And as they went, suddenly, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” And they went to Him and took hold of His feet [in homage] and worshiped Him [as the Messiah].
Luke 7:38
and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began wetting His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and [respectfully] kissed His feet [as an act signifying both affection and submission] and anointed them with the perfume.
Thrust
Matthew 15:23
But He did not say a word in answer to her. And His disciples came and asked Him [repeatedly], “Send her away, because she keeps shouting out after us.”
Matthew 20:31
The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David (Messiah) have mercy on us!”
Mark 10:13
People were bringing children to Him so that He would touch and bless them, but the disciples reprimanded them and discouraged them [from coming].
John 4:27
Just then His disciples came, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. However, no one said, “What are You asking about?” or, “Why are You talking to her?”
John 12:4
But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who was going to betray Him, said,
Let her alone
Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why are you bothering her and causing trouble? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me.
John 12:7
So Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.
Vexed
1 Samuel 1:10
Hannah was greatly distressed, and she prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
Job 10:1 “I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.
Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?
Hid it from me
2 Kings 6:12
One of his servants said, “None [of us is helping him], my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
Genesis 18:17
The Lord said, “Shall I keep secret from Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do,
2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do everything that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord God does nothing
Without revealing His secret plan [of the judgment to come]
To His servants the prophets.
Surely the Lord God does nothing
To His servants the prophets.
John 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.
General references
Genesis 18:17
The Lord said, “Shall I keep secret from Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do,