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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

Let her alone

General references

Bible References

Him by the feet

Matthew 28:9
Suddenly, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.
Luke 7:38
and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.

Thrust

Matthew 15:23
But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."
Matthew 20:31
When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"
Mark 10:13
Some people were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
John 4:27
At this point his disciples arrived, and they were astonished that he was talking to a woman. Yet no one said, "What do you want from her?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"
John 12:4
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, asked,

Let her alone

Mark 14:6
But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,
John 12:7
Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone so she can observe the day of my burial,

Vexed

1 Samuel 1:10
Deeply distressed, she prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly.
Job 10:1
"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.
Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Hid it from me

2 Kings 6:12
"No, your majesty," one of his servants said. "Elisha the prophet, who lives in Israel, tells the king of Israel what you talk about in your bedroom!"
Genesis 18:17
"Should I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do," the LORD asked,
2 Samuel 7:3
Nathan replied to the king, "Go do everything you have in mind, because the LORD is with you."
Amos 3:7
"Truly the Lord GOD will do nothing he has mentioned without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.
John 15:15
I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father.

General references

Genesis 18:17
"Should I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do," the LORD asked,

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