2 Kings 22:2

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He 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.

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  • Deut 5:32 : 32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or the left.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to obey all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 If you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, doing what is right in My eyes by keeping My statutes and commands, as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals.
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.
  • Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things: 15 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife. 16 He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. 17 He refrains from harming the poor, does not lend at interest or take a profit, and obeys my rules and walkthroughs my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father's sins; he will surely live.

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  • 2 Chr 34:1-2
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    96%

    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

    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.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    86%

    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 29:2
    84%

    2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    81%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    81%

    34Jotham did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    81%

    3He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    81%

    3He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
    81%

    43Jehoshaphat followed in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them and did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    80%

    4He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    80%

    2In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, and she was from Beersheba.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    79%

    2Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    79%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. However, he did not enter the temple of the LORD, but the people still acted corruptly.

  • 2 Kgs 22:1
    78%

    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the early ways of his ancestor David and did not seek after the Baals.

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

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    77%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 34:32-33
    2 verses
    77%

    32He had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin pledge themselves to it. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted according to the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

    33Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the territories belonging to the Israelites, and he compelled everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign, they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    76%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    76%

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

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    76%

    2He removed the foreign altars and the high places, shattered the stone pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles.

  • 2 Chr 25:2
    76%

    2He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good, upright, and true before the Lord his God.

    21In everything he undertook in the service of the house of God, in observing the law and the commandments, and in seeking his God, he worked wholeheartedly and prospered.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    75%

    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 15:11
    75%

    11Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his forefather David had done.

  • Jer 52:2
    74%

    2He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    74%

    9He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:25
    74%

    25There was no king like him before, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, soul, and strength, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.

  • 2 Chr 35:26
    74%

    26The rest of the deeds of Josiah and his acts of devotion, as written in the Law of the LORD,

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    22He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    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 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. However, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD like his ancestor David.

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

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    73%

    19He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3
    72%

    3In the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, the king sent Shaphan, son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 23:28
    72%

    28The rest of the acts of Josiah, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
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    5For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    72%

    2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. But he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God as David his ancestor had done.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    71%

    3Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 36:5
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    5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    71%

    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.