Romans 11:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 11:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 11:3 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 11:3 — KJV
“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
— Romans 11:3 (KJV)
Romans 11:3 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 11:3
“And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:3: lord, prophets, down
“And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:3: lord, prophets, down
“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:3: lord, thine, seek
“And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:3: lord, alone, seek
“And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:3: lord, left, seek
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