1 Kings 16:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“I made you an important prince over my people Israel. But you have done the same things Jeroboam did. You have caused my people Israel to sin. Their sins have made me angry.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:34

but he did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the same sins that Jeroboam had done that caused the Israelites to sin.

1 Kings 14:7

Go back and tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jeroboam, I chose you from among all the Israelites. I made you the ruler of my people.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust, and he takes away their sadness. He makes them important and seats them with princes and at the places for honored guests. The Lord made the whole world, and the whole world belongs to him.

Luke 1:52

He brought down rulers from their thrones and raised up the humble people.

Matthew 5:19

“A person should obey every command in the law, even one that does not seem important. Whoever refuses to obey any command and teaches others not to obey it will be the least important in God’s kingdom. But whoever obeys the law and teaches others to obey it will be great in God’s kingdom.

1 Kings 15:26

He did what the Lord said was wrong. He sinned just as his father Jeroboam did when he caused the Israelites to sin.

1 Kings 14:16

He will let the Israelites be defeated because Jeroboam sinned, and then he made the Israelites sin.”

1 Samuel 26:19

My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.

1 Samuel 2:24

Sons, stop that! The Lord’s people are saying bad things about you.

Exodus 32:21

Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you that would make you do this? Why did you lead them to do such a terrible sin?”

Jeremiah 7:18

This is what the people of Judah are doing: The children gather wood. The fathers use the wood to make a fire. The women make the dough and then make cakes of bread to offer to the Queen of Heaven. The people of Judah pour out drink offerings to worship other gods. They do this to make me angry.