Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 5:11
2 Kings 5:11 is verse 11 of 2 Kings chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
King James Version
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
World English Bible
But Naaman was angry, and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’
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2 Kings 5:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
10 Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
11 But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
12 Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
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Cross-references
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Matthew 15:27“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Matthew 19:22When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
John 6:67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 6:69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
John 13:20Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
John 4:48Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
1 Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 2:15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 3:20And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”