2 Chronicles 15:2

New American Bible - revised edition

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon was an adversary of Israel as long as Solomon lived, in addition to the harm done by Hadad, and he felt contempt for Israel. He became king over Aram. Ahijah Announces Jeroboam’s Kingship.

1 Kings 18:18

He answered, “It is not I who disturb Israel, but you and your father’s house, by forsaking the commands of the Lord and you by following the Baals.

2 Kings 21:14

I will cast off the survivors of my inheritance. I will deliver them into enemy hands, to become prey and booty for all their enemies,

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

2 Chronicles 11:12

In every city were shields and spears, and he made them very strong. Thus Judah and Benjamin remained his. Refugees from the North.

2 Chronicles 12:5

Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the commanders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them: “Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you to the power of Shishak.”

2 Chronicles 13:12

See, God is with us, at our head, and his priests are here with trumpets to sound the attack against you. Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”

2 Chronicles 13:4

Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the highlands of Ephraim, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

2 Chronicles 15:15

All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with their whole heart and sought him with complete desire. The Lord was found by them, and gave them rest on every side.

2 Chronicles 15:4

but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

2 Chronicles 20:15

and he said: “Pay attention, all of Judah, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! The Lord says to you: Do not fear or be dismayed at the sight of this vast multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:17

You will not have to fight in this encounter. Take your places, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord; he will be with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed. Tomorrow go out to meet them, and the Lord will be with you.”

2 Chronicles 20:20

Early in the morning they went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. As they were going out, Jehoshaphat halted and said: “Listen to me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Let your faith in the Lord, your God, be firm, and you will be firm. Have faith in his prophets and you will succeed.”

2 Chronicles 24:20

Then the spirit of God clothed Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He took his stand above the people and said to them: “Thus says God, Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.”

2 Chronicles 26:5

He was prepared to seek God as long as Zechariah lived, who taught him to fear God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.

2 Chronicles 32:8

He has only an arm of flesh, but we have the Lord, our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah. Threat of Sennacherib.

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the Assyrian king; they captured Manasseh with hooks, shackled him with chains, and transported him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress, he began to appease the Lord, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

2 Chronicles 34:3

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek after the God of David his father. Then in his twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the asherahs, and the carved and molten images.

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask the king for troops and horsemen to protect us against enemies along the way, since we had said to the king, “The favoring hand of our God is over all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who forsake him.”

Psalm 34:4

Magnify the Lord with me; and let us exalt his name together.

Psalm 53:2

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They act corruptly and practice injustice; there is none that does good.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret from some place in the land of darkness, I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, “Look for me in an empty waste.” I, the Lord, promise justice, I declare what is right.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the Lord; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the quarry from which you were taken;

Isaiah 7:13

Then he said: Listen, house of David! Is it not enough that you weary human beings? Must you also weary my God?

Jeremiah 2:17

Has not forsaking the Lord, your God, done this to you?

Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim.

Zechariah 1:3

Say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return to me—oracle of the Lord of hosts—and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 14:42

Do not go up, because the Lord is not in your midst; do not allow yourself to be struck down by your enemies.

Numbers 14:43

For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. You have turned back from following the Lord; therefore the Lord will not be with you.”

Matthew 13:9

Whoever has ears ought to hear.” The Purpose of Parables.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When you go out to war against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord, your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, will be with you.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us?”

Deuteronomy 4:29

Yet when you seek the Lord, your God, from there, you shall indeed find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.

Hebrews 10:38

But my just one shall live by faith, and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much more in our case if we turn away from the one who warns from heaven.

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.

Joshua 22:31

Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, “Today we know that the Lord is in our midst. Since you have not rebelled against the Lord by this act of treachery, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the Lord.”

Joshua 24:20

If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, he will then do evil to you and destroy you, after having done you good.”

Revelation 2:11

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor shall not be harmed by the second death.”’ To Pergamum.

Revelation 2:17

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white amulet upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it.”’ To Thyatira.

Revelation 2:29

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’

Revelation 2:7

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’ To Smyrna.

Revelation 3:13

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’ To Laodicea.

Revelation 3:22

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’”

Revelation 3:6

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’ To Philadelphia.

Judges 10:13

you still abandoned me and served other gods. Therefore I will save you no more.

Judges 9:7

When this was reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and cried out in a loud voice: “Hear me, lords of Shechem, and may God hear you!

1 Samuel 12:14

If you fear and serve the Lord, if you listen to the voice of the Lord and do not rebel against the Lord’s command, if both you and the king, who rules over you, follow the Lord your God—well and good.

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you do not listen to the voice of the Lord and if you rebel against the Lord’s command, the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.