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2 Chronicles 17:4
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2 Chronicles 17:4
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4 but sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments and not according to the ways of Israel.(A)
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2 Chronicles 17:4
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2 Chronicles 17:4
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4 but sought(A) the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.
1 Kings 12:28
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people,[a] “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”(A)
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- 12.28 Gk: Heb to them
1 Kings 12:28
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1 Kings 12:28
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28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(A) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(B)
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
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Living to Please God
4 As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
1 Thessalonians 2:12
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
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12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
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12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(A) of God, who calls(B) you into his kingdom and glory.
Luke 1:6
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Luke 1:6
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6 Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.(A)
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Luke 1:6
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Luke 1:6
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6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)
Hosea 4:15
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Hosea 4:15
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15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,
do not let Judah become guilty.
Do not enter into Gilgal
or go up to Beth-aven,
and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”(A)
Hosea 4:15
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Hosea 4:15
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15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
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- Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
2 Kings 17:19
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2 Kings 17:19
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19 Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced.
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2 Kings 17:19
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19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(A)
2 Kings 8:18
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2 Kings 8:18
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18 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.(A)
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2 Kings 8:18
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2 Kings 8:18
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18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(A) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:7-8
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Jeremiah 3:7-8
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7 And I thought, “After she has done all this she will return to me,” but she did not return, and her false sister Judah saw it.(A) 8 She[a] saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce, yet her false sister Judah did not fear, but she also went and prostituted herself.(B)
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- 3.8 Gk mss Syr: Heb I
Jeremiah 3:7-8
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Jeremiah 3:7-8
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7 I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister(A) Judah saw it.(B) 8 I gave faithless Israel(C) her certificate of divorce(D) and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear;(E) she also went out and committed adultery.
1 Kings 16:31-33
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1 Kings 16:31-33
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Ahab Marries Jezebel and Worships Baal
31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.(A) 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.(B) 33 Ahab also made a sacred pole.[a] Ahab did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than had all the kings of Israel who were before him.(C)
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- 16.33 Or Asherah
1 Kings 16:31-33
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1 Kings 16:31-33
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31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married(A) Jezebel daughter(B) of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal(C) and worship him. 32 He set up an altar(D) for Baal in the temple(E) of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(F) and did more(G) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
1 Kings 13:33-34
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1 Kings 13:33-34
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33 Even after this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way but made priests for the high places again from among all the people; any who wanted to be priests he consecrated for the high places.(A) 34 This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam, so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.(B)
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1 Kings 13:33-34
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1 Kings 13:33-34
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33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways,(A) but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts(B) of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places. 34 This was the sin(C) of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction(D) from the face of the earth.
1 Kings 12:33
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1 Kings 12:33
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33 He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had selected on his own; he appointed a festival for the people of Israel, and he went up to the altar to offer incense.(A)
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1 Kings 12:33
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1 Kings 12:33
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33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.(A) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.
1 Kings 12:30
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1 Kings 12:30
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30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one at Bethel and before the other as far as Dan.[a](A)
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- 12.30 Compare Gk: Heb went to the one as far as Dan
1 Kings 12:30
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1 Kings 12:30
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30 And this thing became a sin;(A) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[a]
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- 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan
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