1 Kings 13:18

18 He said to him, "1I also am a prophet like you, and 2an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.' " But 3he lied to him.

1 Kings 13:18 In-Context

16 He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
17 "For a command came to me by the word of the LORD , 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.' "
18 He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD , saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.' " But he lied to him.
19 So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
20 Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;

Cross References 3

  • 1. Matthew 7:15; 1 John 4:1
  • 2. Galatians 1:8
  • 3. Proverbs 12:19, 22; Proverbs 19:5; Jeremiah 29:31, 32; Ezekiel 13:8, 9; 1 Timothy 4:1, 2
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