2 Kings 17:15
2 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.”2 Kings 17:15
What Does 2 Kings 17:15 Mean?
2 Kings 17:15 is found in the book of 2 Kings, chapter 17, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Kings 17:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 1:21“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”Jonah 2:8“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”Deuteronomy 12:30“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.”Jeremiah 23:16“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.”Jeremiah 2:5“Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?”Deuteronomy 32:21“They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.”Deuteronomy 12:31“Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.”1 Samuel 15:23“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”Exodus 24:6“And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.”Leviticus 26:15“And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:”1 Kings 16:13“For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.”Psalms 115:8“They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.”Jeremiah 8:9“The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?”Jeremiah 44:8“In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?”Hosea 6:7“But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.”Deuteronomy 6:17“Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.”Deuteronomy 29:10“Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,”Deuteronomy 29:25“Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:”Deuteronomy 32:31“For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.”1 Samuel 12:21“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”
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