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II Kings 4:40

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And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.

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Mark 16:18rank 4

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Exodus 15:23rank 3

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

Exodus 10:17rank 3

Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

Deuteronomy 33:1rank 2

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

II Kings 1:11rank 2

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

I Kings 17:18rank 2

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

II Kings 4:9rank 2

Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

II Kings 1:13rank 2

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

II Kings 1:9rank 1

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

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