2 Chronicles 24:17 Cross References - CAB

¹⁷ And it came to pass after the death of Jehoiada, that the princes of Judah went in, and bowed down to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.

²⁷ For I know your provocation, and your stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, you have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall you not also be so after my death?

⁸ But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him. ⁹ And he said to them, What do you advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease somewhat of the yoke which your father laid upon us? ¹⁰ And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to the people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, therefore lighten some of it for us; thus shall you say: My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

³ And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do evil. ⁴ And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Ahab had done; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

²¹ So with much conversation she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path. ²² And he followed her, being gently led on, as that of an ox led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a deer shot in the liver with an arrow: ²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

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⁸ He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates the truth, and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.

⁵ He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.

¹² When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.

³² And the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways; but a people knowing their God shall prevail, and do valiantly.

²⁹ For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock. ³⁰ Also from among you yourselves will arise men speaking things having been distorted, in order to draw away the disciples after them.

¹⁵ And I will make an effort also, whenever necessary, to cause you to have a reminder of these things after my departure.