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2 Chronicles 7:19

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17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

21 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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BSB
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
KJV
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
WEB
But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
ASV
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
DARBY
But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;
BLB
And if you⁺ turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments that I have set before you⁺, and walk and serve other gods, and worship them,
ÅB
Men hvis dere vender dere bort og forlater de lover og bud som jeg har forelagt dere, og gir dere til å tjene andre guder og tilbe dem,
OTB
Men hvis du vender deg bort og forlater mine lover og mine bud som jeg har satt foran deg, og går og tjener andre guder og tilber dem,
B1930
Men hvis I vender eder bort og forlater de lover og bud som jeg har forelagt eder, og gir eder til å tjene andre guder og tilbede dem,

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:14

    If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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  • Leviticus 26:33–46

    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

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  • 1 Kings 9:6–7

    But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

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  • Deuteronomy 28:36–68

    The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:25

    But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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  • 1 Kings 11:4–8

    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

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