Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Elijah went up to the people and said, "How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the LORD is God, worship him; but if Baal is God, worship him!" But the people didn't say a word. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word. How long Deuteronomy 4:35 That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him. 2 Kings 17:41 So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also, and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day. Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the tops of houses, and them that adore, and swear by the Lord, and swear by Melchom. Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 6:13 And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples: and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles): Romans 6:16-22 Know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto justice. . . . 1 Corinthians 10:21,22 You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the table of devils. . . . 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? . . . Revelation 3:15,16 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. . . . opinions. 1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God. Exodus 5:1,2 After these things, Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go, that they may sacrifice to me in the desert. . . . Joshua 24:15,23,24 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord, . . . 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 17:26 And now O Lord, thou art God: and thou hast promised to thy servant such great benefits. 2 Chronicles 33:13 And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the Lord was God. Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. answered Genesis 24:50 And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord: we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure. Genesis 44:16 And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found. Job 40:4,5 What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. . . . Matthew 22:12,34,36 And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent. . . . Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God. Romans 6:21 What fruit therefore had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death. Context Elijah on Mount Carmel…20Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel. 21And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.22And Elias said again to the people: I only remain a prophet of the Lord: but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.… Cross References Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Joshua 24:15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord, 1 Kings 18:20 Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets unto mount Carmel. 1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God. 2 Kings 17:41 So these nations feared the Lord, but nevertheless served also their idols: their children also, and grandchildren, as their fathers did, so do they unto this day. Psalm 119:113 I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars. 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