2 Kings 22:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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  • Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  • Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 15:5 : 5 Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
  • 2 Kgs 18:3 : 3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
  • 2 Chr 17:3 : 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
  • 2 Chr 29:2 : 2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
  • Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
  • Prov 20:11 : 11 ¶ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
  • Ezek 18:14-17 : 14 Now, lo, [if] he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 15 [That] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 [That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 34:1-2
    2 verses
    96%

    1 ¶ Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

    2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined [neither] to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • 2 Chr 20:32
    86%

    32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    84%

    2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    81%

    3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    81%

    34 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    81%

    3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

  • 2 Kgs 14:3
    81%

    3 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

  • 1 Kgs 22:43
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    43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.

  • 2 Chr 26:4
    80%

    4 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    80%

    2 And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

  • 2 Chr 24:2
    79%

    2 And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chr 27:2
    79%

    2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.

  • 2 Kgs 22:1
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    1 ¶ Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

    4 But sought to the [LORD] God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:52
    77%

    52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

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

    32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

    33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [And] all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    76%

    37 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    76%

    32 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Chr 14:2
    76%

    2 And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

  • 2 Chr 25:2
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  • 2 Chr 31:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought [that which was] good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

    21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    75%

    11 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: [but] he walked therein.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    75%

    2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

  • 1 Kgs 15:11
    75%

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  • Jer 52:2
    74%

    2 And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    74%

    9 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:25
    74%

    25 ¶ And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there [any] like him.

  • 2 Chr 35:26
    74%

    26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to [that which was] written in the law of the LORD,

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

    20 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.

    21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

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  • 1 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

  • 2 Chr 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 ¶ Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

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  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    73%

    19 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 18:6
    73%

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  • 2 Kgs 21:2
    72%

    2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3
    72%

    3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [that] the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 23:28
    72%

    28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
    72%

    5 Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • 2 Kgs 16:2
    72%

    2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

  • 2 Chr 33:2
    72%

    2 But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    71%

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  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    71%

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  • 2 Chr 36:5
    71%

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  • 2 Kgs 8:27
    71%

    27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as [did] the house of Ahab: for he [was] the son in law of the house of Ahab.