2 Chronicles 16:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

Cross References

Genesis 31:28

And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? What you have done is foolish.

2 Samuel 24:10

But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

1 Kings 15:32

There was war between Asa and King Baasha of Israel all their days.

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 21:8

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

2 Chronicles 15:17

But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was true all his days.

2 Chronicles 15:19

And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties on some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 19:9

He charged them, “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;

2 Chronicles 6:20

May your eyes be open day and night toward this house, the place where you promised to set your name, and may you heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.

Ezra 5:5

But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report reached Darius and then answer was returned by letter in reply to it.

Job 28:24

For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 31:4

Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?

Job 34:21

“For his eyes are upon the ways of mortals, and he sees all their steps.

Psalm 113:6

who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?

Psalm 33:14

From where he sits enthroned he watches all the inhabitants of the earth—

Psalm 33:15

he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.

Psalm 33:18

Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Proverbs 5:21

For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord, and he examines all their paths.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Jeremiah 16:17

For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my presence, nor is their iniquity concealed from my sight.

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.

Zechariah 4:10

For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the Lord that range through the whole earth.”

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

1 Corinthians 15:36

Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Hebrews 4:13

And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.

1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1 Samuel 13:13

Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you. The Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever,