1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Cross-reference

1 Kings 17:1 opens with Elijah's oath 'As the Lord lives' — the widow uses the same phrase, linking her testimony to his.

1 Kings 18:10 uses the identical oath phrase 'As the LORD your God lives'—a verbal parallel showing common acknowledgment of God.

In 2 Kings 4:2-7, Elisha multiplies a widow's small amount of oil — a direct parallel to Elijah's miraculous provision of flour and oil.

Luke 7:12 Parallel

Luke 7:12 presents another widow with an only son facing death, mirroring the dire situation here.