2 Kings 21:22

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He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'
  • 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 ‘Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore, My wrath is kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, thick, and bloated. Then he forsook the God who made him and treated with contempt the Rock of his salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 21:20-21
    2 verses
    85%

    20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

    21Amon walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served and worshipped the idols his father had worshipped.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    78%

    52Ahaziah son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.

    53He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and followed the ways of his father, his mother, and Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 33:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshipped and served all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made.

    23But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    75%

    3He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    74%

    4Instead, he sought the God of his father and obeyed His commands rather than following the practices of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    74%

    32Jehoshaphat followed the path of his father Asa and did not turn from it. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 21:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Then Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, "This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah..."

    13But you followed the ways of the kings of Israel and led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, just as the house of Ahab led people into idolatry. You even killed your brothers, the members of your father's family, who were better than you.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    74%

    11He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin; he continued in them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    73%

    26He acted in the most detestable way by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the people of Israel.

    3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, set up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    73%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed in all the ways of his ancestor David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 17:22
    73%

    22The Israelites persisted in all the sins Jeroboam committed and did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and mother; he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

    3However, he continued in the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he clung to those sins and did not turn away from them.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    73%

    3He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 28:2
    73%

    2Instead, he followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and he even made cast images for the Baals.

  • Judg 2:12
    72%

    12They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger.

  • 2 Chr 34:2
    72%

    2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, walking in the ways of his forefather David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    72%

    33'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:23
    72%

    23Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    72%

    27He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, since he was related by marriage to the house of Ahab.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    72%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who led Israel to sin, and he did not turn away from them.

  • 1 Kgs 16:26
    72%

    26He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.

  • 2 Chr 24:18
    72%

    18They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt.

  • Jer 16:11
    71%

    11Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned Me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods, served them, and worshiped them. But they abandoned Me and did not keep My law.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    71%

    32He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 10:31
    71%

    31But Jehu did not walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

  • 1 Kgs 11:10
    71%

    10Although He commanded Solomon not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    71%

    28He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    71%

    9He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his ancestors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which caused Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 29:6
    71%

    6For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their backs on His dwelling place, and walked away.

  • 2 Chr 22:3
    71%

    3He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him to do evil.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    70%

    18He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married Ahab's daughter. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
    70%

    6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn away from following Him. He kept the commands that the LORD had given to Moses.

  • 1 Kgs 11:6
    70%

    6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    70%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    70%

    16They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    70%

    24He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
    70%

    8They followed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the Israelites, as well as the practices of the kings of Israel that they themselves had introduced.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    70%

    24He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel into sin.

  • Judg 2:17
    70%

    17Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

  • 2 Chr 21:10
    70%

    10From that time to the present day, Edom has been in rebellion against Judah's authority. At that same time, Libnah also rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 21:6
    70%

    6He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married a daughter of Ahab. So he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    70%

    37He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestors had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    70%

    18He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. During all his days, he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.