2 Chronicles 15:12

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“Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.”

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“Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 15:12 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  2. Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  4. Deuteronomy 29:1These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.
  5. Deuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
  6. Deuteronomy 29:12so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
  7. Joshua 24:25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
  8. 1 Kings 8:48and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  9. 2 Kings 23:3So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  10. 2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  11. 2 Chronicles 15:4But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
  12. 2 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
  13. 2 Chronicles 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
  14. 2 Chronicles 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
  15. 2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
  16. 2 Chronicles 34:32Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
  17. Nehemiah 9:38In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
  18. Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
  19. Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
  20. Jeremiah 50:5They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  21. Acts 24:14I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
  22. 2 Corinthians 8:5And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.

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