2 Chronicles 17:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
  • Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
  • Judg 6:12 : 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
  • 2 Sam 5:10 : 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
  • 1 Kgs 11:6 : 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did 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 Kgs 22:2 : 2 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.
  • 1 Chr 22:18 : 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • 2 Chr 15:8-9 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
  • Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 132:1-5 : 1 A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: 2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • 2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  • 2 Chr 14:2-5 : 2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: 3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
  • 2 Chr 14:11 : 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
  • 1 Kgs 15:3-4 : 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. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
  • 2 Kgs 14:3 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Judg 8:33 : 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
  • Gen 39:2-3 : 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
  • Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
  • Judg 2:11 : 11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
  • Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

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  • 2 Chr 17:4-6
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    4But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

    5Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

    6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

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    32And 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.

    33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

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    43And 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.

    44And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 19:2-4
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    2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

    3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

    4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

  • 2And 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.

  • 2And 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.

  • 10And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  • 2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

  • 3And 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.

  • 12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

  • 12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

  • 3And 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.

  • 2 Chr 17:1-2
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    1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

    2And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  • 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • 4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

  • 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

  • 17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

  • 4And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

  • 8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

  • 31And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

  • 33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

  • 2 Kgs 18:5-7
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    5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

    6For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

    7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

  • 14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

  • 5And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

  • 23And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.

  • 11And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

  • 18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

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

    22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

  • 3And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

  • 2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

  • 33And 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.

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

  • 17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • 22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.

  • 6So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.

  • 14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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

  • 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

  • 61Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.