Wisdom & Truth Verses

Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. {Samaria: Heb. Shomeron}

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that {were} before him.

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that {is} before Jordan.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which {belongeth} to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. {Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta}

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat {many} days. {many...: or, a full year}

{And} the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. {by: Heb. by the hand of}

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou {art} a man of God, {and} that the word of the LORD in thy mouth {is} truth.