2 Chronicles 15:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.”
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“And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 15:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:11And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
- Exodus 12:29Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
- Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
- Exodus 22:20If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
- Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 17:2If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
- Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- 1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
- Job 3:19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
- Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Psalms 115:13He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
- Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
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