2 Chronicles 12:6

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The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."

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  • Exod 9:27 : 27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, 'This time I have sinned. The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.'
  • Dan 9:14 : 14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'
  • Lev 26:40-41 : 40 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness with which they were unfaithful to me, and also how they walked contrary to me— 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity,
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • 1 Kgs 8:37-39 : 37 When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, or whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among all Your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions in their own hearts and spreading out their hands toward this house— 39 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. Forgive and act, and give to each one according to all they do, since You know their hearts (for You alone know every human heart),
  • 2 Chr 32:26 : 26 However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer and how God was moved by his plea, all his sins and unfaithfulness, the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.
  • 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
  • Job 33:27 : 27 They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.'
  • Ps 78:34-35 : 34 When He killed them, they sought Him; they repented and earnestly sought God. 35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their Redeemer.
  • Ps 129:4 : 4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut the cords of the wicked.
  • Jer 13:15 : 15 Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.
  • Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’
  • Jer 44:10 : 10 To this day, they have not humbled themselves, nor have they feared me or walked in my law and my decrees that I set before you and your ancestors.
  • Lam 1:18 : 18 The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his word. Listen, all you peoples; look at my suffering. My young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
  • Dan 5:22 : 22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

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    7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them, but will grant them some deliverance. My anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

    8However, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands."

  • 2 Chr 12:11-12
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    11Whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would carry the shields, and then they would return them to the guardroom.

    12When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned away from him, and He did not completely destroy him. Furthermore, there were still good things in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 12:5
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    5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"

  • 2 Chr 34:26-27
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    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

    27Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and because you tore your clothes and wept in My presence, I have heard you,' declares the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 6:23-27
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    23then hear from heaven and act. Judge Your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating the innocent by rewarding them according to their righteousness.

    24If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn back to You and confess Your name, pray, and make supplication before You in this house,

    25then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land You gave to them and to their ancestors.

    26When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

    27then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live and send rain on the land You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

  • 1 Kgs 8:33
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    33When Your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and if they turn back to You, confess Your name, pray, and plead with You in this house,

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    2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

    3“Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

  • 2 Chr 32:26
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    26However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.

  • 1 Kgs 12:3
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    3They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18-19
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

    19Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.

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    33You are righteous in all that has happened to us, because You have acted faithfully while we have acted wickedly.

  • Dan 9:7
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    7Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You.

  • 2 Chr 12:1-2
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    1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him.

    2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to the LORD.

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    18So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

  • Dan 9:14
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    14Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

  • Judg 10:15
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    15The Israelites said to the LORD, 'We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good to You, but please save us today.'

  • 2 Chr 33:12
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    12When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 6:14
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    14He said: 'LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.

  • 2 Chr 30:6
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    6Couriers went with the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah, proclaiming the king’s command: 'Return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.'

  • 1 Kgs 12:15-17
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    15So the king refused to listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word spoken by the LORD through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.

    17But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

  • Jer 2:26
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    26As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.

  • Jer 13:18
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    18Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’

  • 1 Kgs 12:26
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    26Jeroboam said to himself, "The kingdom will now likely return to the house of David.

  • Jer 14:20
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    20We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.

  • Jer 3:11
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    11The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah."

  • 2 Chr 13:15
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    15Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Chr 30:11-12
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    11Nevertheless, some people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

    12In Judah also, the hand of God was at work to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and the officials, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 12:22
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    22But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

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    4He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

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    15O Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left with this remnant today. Here we are before you in our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.

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    3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he came with all Israel. Together, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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    35When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, if they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them,

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    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

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    1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to crown him king.

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    24This is what the LORD says: You shall not march up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Return home, for this is my doing." So they obeyed the word of the LORD and went back as the LORD had commanded.

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    8And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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    1Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice.