1 Kings 17:20
And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?
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Genesis 38:7Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.
Exodus 17:4And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
1 Samuel 7:8And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.
2 Kings 4:33So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.
2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
Psalms 73:13As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:18-24
The Widow's Child Raised to Life. ( b. c. 908.) 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his… Read the whole commentary →