2 Kings 5:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

He said

Psalm 63:11

Proverbs 12:19

Acts 5:9

Went

2 Kings 6:12

1 Corinthians 5:3

Colossians 2:5

Is it a time

General references

1 Kings 21:17

Jeremiah 35:9

Bible References

He said

However, the king will rejoice in God. Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast, because [the] mouth of [the] liars will be stopped.

A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.

So Peter [said] to her, "How [is it] that it was agreed by you [two] to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out!"

Went

Then one of his servants said, "No, my lord the king, but Elisha the prophet who is [in] Israel tells the king of Israel things which you speak {in your own bedchamber}."

For [although I] am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already passed judgment on the one who has done this in this way, as [if I] were present.

for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

Is it a time

And he said, "{As Yahweh lives}, before whom I stand, I surely will not take [it]." [Still] he urged him to take [it], but he refused.

{that neither a thread nor} a thong of a sandal would I take from all that [belongs] to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'

For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:

Heal those who are sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, expel demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing!

If we have sown spiritual [things] among you, [is it too] great [a thing] if we reap material [things] from you?

I robbed other churches [by] accepting support [from them] for the ministry to you.

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

General references

The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

and not to build houses [for] our living, and there is not vineyard, or field, or seed for us.