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2 Chronicles 18:13

Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what my God says, that will I speak.”
2 Chronicles 18:13 · World English Bible
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  • KJV And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
  • BSB But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  • NKJV And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”
  • NASB But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, I will speak it.”
  • NLT But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what my God says.”

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Cross-references · 15

  • Num 22:35Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  • Num 22:18–20Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 24:13‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond Yahweh’s word, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says’?
  • Gal 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
  • 1 Th 2:4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
  • Ezek 2:7You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I will speak.”
  • Jer 42:4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.”
  • Num 23:26But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?’”
  • 2 Cor 2:17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
  • Mic 2:6–7“Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”
  • 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
  • Num 23:12He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
  • Jer 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
  • Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

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