And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, (A)yet not with a whole heart.

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He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly.(A)

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Amaziah's Idolatry

14 After Amaziah came from striking down the Edomites, (A)he brought the gods (B)of the men of Seir and set them up as his gods and worshiped them, making offerings to them.

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14 When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods,(A) bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.

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(A)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and (C)purify your hearts, (D)you double-minded.

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Come near to God and he will come near to you.(A) Wash your hands,(B) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(C) you double-minded.(D)

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21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for (A)your heart is not right before God.

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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God.

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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

(A)And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(A) all the years of Jehoiada the priest.

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(A)he is a double-minded man, (B)unstable in all his ways.

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Such a person is double-minded(A) and unstable(B) in all they do.

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And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

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

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(A)But the high places were not removed; (B)the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.

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The high places,(A) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”(B)

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Their heart is false;
    now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
    and destroy their pillars.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:2 Hebrew He

Their heart is deceitful,(A)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(B)
The Lord will demolish their altars(C)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(D)

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37 Their (A)heart was not (B)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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37 their hearts were not loyal(A) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.

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