1 Kings 18:21

Elijah calls Israel to stop wavering between Yahweh and Baal and to choose decisively. The silent crowd shows their unresolved hearts.

Cross-references · 24

• Matt 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
• 1 Cor 10:21–22You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
• 2 Cor 6:14–16Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• 1 Sam 7:3Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• 2 Kgs 17:41So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
• Rev 3:15–16I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
• Deut 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
• Zeph 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
• Ps 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
• Rom 6:16–22Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
• Josh 24:23–24“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
• 1 Kgs 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
• 2 Chr 33:13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
• Gen 44:16“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
• Gen 24:50Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
• Exod 5:1–2After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
• 1 Chr 17:26And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
• Matt 22:12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
• Luke 6:13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
• Matt 22:34And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
• Matt 22:36“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
• Rom 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
• Job 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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