2 Kings 22:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of David his father, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
  • Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same: 15 Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, 16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it; 17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 34:1-2
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    96%

    1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

    2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    86%

    32 He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    84%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
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    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as David his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
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    34 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
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    3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
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    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43 He did as Asa his father had done, not turning away from it, but doing what was right in the eyes of the Lord; but the high places were not taken away: the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
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    4 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
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    2 Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    79%

    2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    79%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Uzziah had done; but he did not go into the Temple of the Lord. And the people still went on in their evil ways.

  • 2 Kgs 22:1
    78%

    1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-4
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    3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

    4 But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    77%

    52 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.

  • 2 Chr 34:32-33
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    32 And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.

    33 Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
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    37 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord as his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    76%

    32 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
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    2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    76%

    2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
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    20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

    21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
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    11 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not turning away from the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do, but he went on with it.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
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    2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which he did and made Israel do; he did not keep himself from them.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
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    11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father did.

  • Jer 52:2
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    2 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
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    9 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:25
    74%

    25 Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.

  • 2 Chr 35:26
    74%

    26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
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    20 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

    21 He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

    22 Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
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    1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for sixteen years; he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father:

    2 But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel and made images of metal for the Baals.

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
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    19 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
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    6 For his heart was fixed on the Lord, not turning from his ways, and he did his orders which the Lord gave to Moses.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
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    2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3
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    3 Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

  • 2 Kgs 23:28
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    28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
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    5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
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    2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king; he was ruling for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as David his father did.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
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    2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
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    3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
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    2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father and his mother, for he put away the stone pillar of Baal which his father had made.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
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    5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
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    27 He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Ahab did, for he was a son-in-law of the family of Ahab.