Genesis 14:23 Cross References

Genesis 14:23

23: that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from you. Otherwise you might say, `I am the one who made Abram rich!'

But Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept any gifts." And though Naaman urged him to take the gifts, Elisha refused.

Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8 and killed three hundred more people, though again they took no plunder.
Meanwhile, the other Jews throughout the king's provinces had gathered together to defend their lives. They gained relief from all their enemies, killing seventy-five thousand of those who hated them. But they did not take any plunder.

And when I was with you and didn't have enough to live on, I did not ask you to help me. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me another gift. I have never yet asked you for any support, and I never will.
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, I will never stop boasting about this all over Greece.
Why? Because I don't love you? God knows I do.
But I will continue doing this to cut the ground out from under the feet of those who boast that their work is just like ours.

But the man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat any food or drink any water in this place.

Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you."

But Gehazi, Elisha's servant, said to himself, "My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting his gifts. As surely as the LORD lives, I will chase after him and get something from him."

Now I am coming to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don't want what you have; I want you. And anyway, little children don't pay for their parents' food. It's the other way around; parents supply food for their children.

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