Mark 6:20

Herod feared and protected John, even enjoying his preaching, yet never truly repented. It warns that admiring God's word is not the same as obeying it.

Cross-references · 19

• Matt 21:26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
• Matt 14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
• John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
• 2 Chr 24:15–22But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
• Dan 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Ezek 2:5–7And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
• Ps 106:12–13Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
• 2 Chr 26:5And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
• 2 Kgs 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
• Ezek 33:32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
• 2 Chr 24:2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
• Dan 4:18This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
• Mark 4:16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
• 2 Kgs 3:12–13And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
• Dan 5:17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
• 2 Kgs 6:21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
• Exod 11:3And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
• 1 Kgs 21:20And 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.
• Mark 11:18And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

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