Popular Bible Verses from 1 Kings 17

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For thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.’ ”

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah.

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.

So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.”

So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived.