And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, (A)but not with a loyal heart.

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

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14 Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that (A)he brought the gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be (B)his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense 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, 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 portion in this matter, for your (A)heart is not right in the sight of 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 Therefore the Lord said:

(A)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (B)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of 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

Joash (A)did what was right in the sight 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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he is (A)a double-minded man, 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 (A)right in the sight 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)However the [a]high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:4 Places for pagan worship

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 at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. (B)For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (D)heart.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
  2. 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man

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 (A)divided;[a]
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.

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  1. Hosea 10:2 Divided in loyalty

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 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in 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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