Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

现在你把这人的妻子归还他；因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，使你存活。你若不归还他，你当知道，你和你所有的人都必要死。”

现在你当把这人的妻子归还给他；因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，使你存活。你若不归还，你当知道，你和你所有的人都必定死。”

现在你当把这人的妻子归还给他；因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，使你存活。你若不归还，你当知道，你和你所有的人都必定死。”

现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，他是个先知，他会为你祷告，使你活命。要知道，如果你不这样做，你和你的人民都必死。”

现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，你才可以存活。你若不还给他，你当知道，你和所有属你的，都死定了。”

而现在，你要归还那人的妻子；因为那人是一位先知，他要为你祷告，你就会存活！如果你不归还，你要知道：你和任何属于你的人都必定死。”

現在你把這人的妻子歸還他；因為他是先知，他要為你禱告，使你存活。你若不歸還他，你當知道，你和你所有的人都必要死。」

現在你當把這人的妻子歸還給他；因為他是先知，他要為你禱告，使你存活。你若不歸還，你當知道，你和你所有的人都必定死。」

現在你當把這人的妻子歸還給他；因為他是先知，他要為你禱告，使你存活。你若不歸還，你當知道，你和你所有的人都必定死。」

現在你要把那人的妻子還給他，他是個先知，他會為你禱告，使你活命。要知道，如果你不這樣做，你和你的人民都必死。」

現在你要把那人的妻子還給他，因為他是先知，他要為你禱告，你才可以存活。你若不還給他，你當知道，你和所有屬你的，都死定了。”

如今你要把這人的妻子還給他，因為他是個神人，他會為你禱告，使你活着。如果你不還給他，你可要知道、你必定死，你和你所有的一切人都必定死。』

而現在，你要歸還那人的妻子；因為那人是一位先知，他要為你禱告，你就會存活！如果你不歸還，你要知道：你和任何屬於你的人都必定死。」

今以婦歸其夫、彼乃先知、將為爾祈、以全汝生、如不歸之、宜知爾與眷聚、必皆死亡、○

今以婦歸其夫、彼乃先知、可代爾祈、全爾生命、不然、爾與眷聚必死。

今以婦歸其夫、彼乃先知、可為爾祈禱、全爾生命、倘不歸之、當知凡屬爾者皆必死、

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.”

Now return the man’s wife to him. He is a prophet. So he will pray for you, and you will live. But what if you do not return her? Then you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don’t return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

Now therefore restore the man[ his] wife; for he[ is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore[ her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that[ are] thine.

But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”

Samuel said,“ Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the LORD,“ Look, I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let your hand be against me and my father’s family.”

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all Korah’s people, and all their possessions.They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

“ Do not touch my anointed ones or harm my prophets.”

But Naaman got angry and left, saying,“ I was telling myself: He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the skin disease.

Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

The LORD answered Moses,“ See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.

But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife, Sarai.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt— he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found,

He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,“ This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year.Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ families, one animal per family.

Then the king responded to the man of God,“ Plead for the favor of the LORD your God and pray for me so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God pleaded for the favor of the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it had been at first.

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.

The person who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

Then the LORD said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.

“ What you’re doing is not good,” Moses’s father-in-law said to him.

God is not partial to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Then the LORD said to me,“ Do not pray for the well-being of these people.

They pleaded with Samuel,“ Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so we won’t die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of requesting a king for ourselves.”

If they are indeed prophets and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them intercede with the LORD of Armies not to let the articles that remain in the LORD’s temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem go to Babylon.’

The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he reveals his covenant to them.

for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

If anyone sees a fellow believer committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, he should ask, and God will give life to him— to those who commit sin that doesn’t lead to death. There is sin that leads to death. I am not saying he should pray about that.

He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.They said to him,“ This is what Hezekiah says:‘ Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

the covenant he made with Abraham, swore to Isaac,and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as a permanent covenant:“ I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion.”When they were few in number, very few indeed, and resident aliens in Canaan,wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their behalf:“ Do not touch my anointed ones, or harm my prophets.”

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

After a long time, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year:“ Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land.”So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.Ahab called for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a man who greatly feared the LORDand took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD’s prophets.Ahab said to Obadiah,“ Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”They divided the land between them in order to cover it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said,“ Is it you, my lord Elijah?”“ It is I,” he replied.“ Go tell your lord,‘ Elijah is here!’”But Obadiah said,“ What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said,‘ He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.“ Now you say,‘ Go tell your lord,“ Elijah is here!”’But when I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.Wasn’t it reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD’s prophets? I hid a hundred of the prophets of the LORD, fifty men to a cave, and I provided them with food and water.Now you say,‘ Go tell your lord,“ Elijah is here!”’ He will kill me!”Then Elijah said,“ As the LORD of Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, today I will present myself to Ahab.”Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah.When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him,“ Is that you, the one ruining Israel?”He replied,“ I have not ruined Israel, but you and your father’s family have, because you have abandoned the LORD’s commands and followed the Baals.Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.Then Elijah approached all the people and said,“ How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.Then Elijah said to the people,“ I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 men.Let two bulls be given to us. They are to choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers with fire, he is God.” All the people answered,“ That’s fine.”Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal,“ Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god but don’t light the fire.”So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying,“ Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced around the altar they had made.At noon Elijah mocked them. He said,“ Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.All afternoon they kept on raving until the offering of the evening sacrifice, but there was no sound; no one answered, no one paid attention.Then Elijah said to all the people,“ Come near me.” So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the LORD’s altar that had been torn down:Elijah took twelve stones— according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying,“ Israel will be your name”—and he built an altar with the stones in the name of the LORD. Then he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold about four gallons.Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. He said,“ Fill four water pots with water and pour it on the offering to be burned and on the wood.”Then he said,“ A second time!” and they did it a second time. And then he said,“ A third time!” and they did it a third time.So the water ran all around the altar; he even filled the trench with water.At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said,“ LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.”Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said,“ The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!”Then Elijah ordered them,“ Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.Elijah said to Ahab,“ Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a rainstorm.”So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the summit of Carmel. He bent down on the ground and put his face between his knees.Then he said to his servant,“ Go up and look toward the sea.” So he went up, looked, and said,“ There’s nothing.” Seven times Elijah said,“ Go back.”On the seventh time, he reported,“ There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea.” Then Elijah said,“ Go and tell Ahab,‘ Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.’”In a little while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a downpour. So Ahab got in his chariot and went to Jezreel.The power of the LORD was on Elijah, and he tucked his mantle under his belt and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

If I say to the wicked person,‘ You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him— you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life— that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

“‘ So when I tell the wicked person,“ You will surely die,” but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right—he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing injustice— he will certainly live; he will not die.None of the sins he committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, so the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s household.

“ As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.

In this way the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

If I say to the wicked,‘ Wicked one, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

The Israelites said to Samuel,“ Don’t stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, so that he will save us from the Philistines.”