Verse 12

They solemnly agreed to seek the LORD God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 23:16 : 16 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 29:10 : 10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.
  • Neh 10:29 : 29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
  • 2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.
  • 2 Chr 15:4 : 4 Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
  • Jer 50:5 : 5 They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.
  • 2 Chr 34:31-32 : 31 The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. 32 He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
  • Neh 9:38 : 38 The People Pledge to be Faithful(10:1)“Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document.”
  • Deut 4:29 : 29 But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 An Exhortation to Love Both God and People Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
  • Deut 29:1 : 1 Narrative Interlude(28:69) These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
  • Deut 29:12 : 12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.
  • 1 Kgs 8:48 : 48 When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,