2 Chronicles 12:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ And he did that which was evil, because he set not 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

2 Chronicles 12:14 Cross References

1 Kings 14:22

And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.

1 Chronicles 29:18

O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people; and prepare their heart unto thee:

2 Chronicles 11:16

And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God.

2 Chronicles 30:19

that setteth his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Psalm 57:7

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Psalm 78:37

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Psalm 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation; A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their gain.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

1 Corinthians 15:58

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

1 Samuel 7:3

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the strange gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.