1Kgs.21.20

1 Kings 21:20

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And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

Elijah Denounces Ahab and Jezebel

Cross References

Romans 7:14

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For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Struggling with Sin

The Conflict of Two Natures

1 Kings 18:17

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¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 21:25

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¶ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

Ahab’s Repentance

2 Kings 17:17

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And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Israel Carried Captive to Assyria

Why Israel Fell

Jeremiah 38:4

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Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

Jeremiah Thrown into the Cistern

Ezekiel 14:4

KJV GOD

Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;