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

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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

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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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14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

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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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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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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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21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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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

13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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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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And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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

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A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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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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And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

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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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Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

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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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But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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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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Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

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

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37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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