2 Chronicles 17:6
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6 His heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places and the sacred poles[a] from Judah.(A)
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Hosea 14:9
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9 Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.(A)
Psalm 119:1
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Psalm 119
The Glories of God’s Law
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.(A)
2 Chronicles 20:33
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33 Yet the high places were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts upon the God of their ancestors.(A)
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2 Chronicles 15:17
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17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was true all his days.
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Psalm 138:5
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5 They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
Psalm 18:21-22
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21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not wickedly departed from my God.(A)
22 For all his ordinances were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.(B)
2 Chronicles 34:3-7
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3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the sacred poles,[a] and the carved and the cast images.(A) 4 In his presence they pulled down the altars of the Baals; he demolished the incense altars that stood above them. He broke down the sacred poles[b] and the carved and the cast images; he made dust of them and scattered it over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(B) 5 He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.(C) 6 In the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins[c] all around,(D) 7 he broke down the altars, beat the sacred poles[d] and the images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.(E)
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2 Chronicles 19:3
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3 Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles[a] out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”(A)
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1 Kings 22:43
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43 He walked in all the way of his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and offered incense on the high places.(A)
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Acts 13:10
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10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?(A)
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Job 22:26
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- 22.26 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
2 Chronicles 31:1
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Pagan Shrines Destroyed
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke down the pillars, cut down the sacred poles,[a] and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, all to their individual properties.(A)
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2 Chronicles 14:3
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3 He took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the sacred poles,[a](A)
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Deuteronomy 28:47
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47 “Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,(A)
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