2 Chronicles 12:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ He did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ And he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek (inquire of, yearn for) the Lord with all his desire.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ But Rehoboam did what was evil because he didn’t set his heart on seeking the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ But he did evil, and he did not prepare his heart so as to seek the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:14 Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”

1 Corinthians 16:13

Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.

Isaiah 45:19

I did not speak in secret in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.

Psalm 78:37

Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.

2 Chronicles 30:19

who set their hearts to seek God, the Lord the God of their ancestors, even though not in accordance with the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.”

2 Chronicles 11:16

Those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Psalm 78:8

and that they should not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is steadfast, O God; my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody.

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Astartes from among you. Direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!

1 Kings 14:22

Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their ancestors had done.