1 Kings 17:20
Then he cried out to the Lord, saying, “Lord my God, why have you allowed this to happen to this widow who has opened her home to me, this terrible tragedy of causing her son to die?”
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Genesis 38:7But Er did what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord put him to death.
Exodus 17:4Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I going to do with these people? A bit more of this and they're going to stone me!”
1 Samuel 7:8They told Samuel, “Don't stop pleading with the Lord our God for us so he can save us from the Philistines.”
2 Kings 4:33He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the Lord.
2 Kings 19:15Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord, God of Israel, you who live above the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth, you are Creator of heaven and earth.
Psalms 73:13It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.
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 →