1 Kings 16:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Nobody knew who you were until I, the LORD, chose you to be the leader of my people Israel. And now you're acting exactly like Jeroboam by causing the Israelites to sin. What you've done has made me so angry

Cross References

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned and caused the Israelites to sin. Now the LORD will desert Israel.

1 Kings 14:7

Give your husband this message from the LORD God of Israel: “Jeroboam, you know that I, the LORD, chose you over anyone else to be the leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 15:26

Nadab disobeyed the LORD by following the evil example of his father, who had caused the Israelites to sin.

1 Kings 15:34

Baasha also disobeyed the LORD by acting like Jeroboam, who had caused the Israelites to sin.

Exodus 32:21

Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to harm you? Why did you make them sin in this terrible way?”

Jeremiah 7:18

Children gather firewood, their fathers build fires, and their mothers mix dough to bake bread for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They even offer wine sacrifices to other gods, just to insult me.

Matthew 5:19

If you reject even the least important command in the Law and teach others to do the same, you will be the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. But if you obey and teach others its commands, you will have an important place in the kingdom.

Luke 1:52

He drags strong rulers from their thrones and puts humble people in places of power.

1 Samuel 2:8

You lift the poor and homeless out of the rubbish dump and give them places of honour in royal palaces. You set the world on foundations, and they belong to you.

1 Samuel 26:19

Please listen to what I have to say. If the LORD has turned you against me, perhaps a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the LORD will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the LORD and have told me to worship foreign gods.