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1 Kings 17:21
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And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
About 1 Kings 17:21
1 Kings 17:21 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on Child Training. Found in the history of 1 Kings, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
- 2 Samuel 12:18
“And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?”
- 2 Kings 4:34
“And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.”
- Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
- 1 Kings 3:26
“Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.”
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How to Apply 1 Kings 17:21
Meditate on 1 Kings 17:21 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of Child Training applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.