James encourages all of us to pray for each other that we may be healed. James goes on to say that “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Then he gives Elijah as the example. James 5:17 (NIV): “Elijah was a human being, even as we are.” Elijah was th...
Treasury of Scripture The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. The words. Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jerem...
Treasury of Scripture Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. rejoice 1 Kings 18:27...
Mountains in Scripture are places of divine encounter and revelation, such as Mount Sinai for Moses and Mount Carmel for Elijah. The "high mountain" symbolizes a place set apart from the ordinary, where heaven and earth meet. The ascent signifies a spiritual journey, a call to rise above wor...
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah].Christian Standard BibleShepherd your people with your staff, the flock that is your possession. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ...
Micah, a villager, would be known only by the name of his native village. So Nahum names himself "the Elkoshite;" Jonah is related to be a native "of Gath-hepher;" Elijah, the Tishbite, a sojourner in the despised Gilead 1 Kings 17:1; Elisha, of Abelmeholah; Jeremiah, of Anathoth...