2 Chronicles 30:8

The people are urged not to be stubborn but to yield to the Lord, enter His sanctuary, and serve Him so His anger may turn away. It matters because submission to God is the path away from wrath.

Cross-references · 25

• 2 Chr 29:10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
• Exod 32:9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
• Deut 10:16Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
• 2 Kgs 23:26Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
• 1 Chr 29:24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
• 2 Chr 28:11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
• Rom 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• Deut 6:17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
• John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• Ps 78:49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
• Rom 6:13–19Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
• Ps 73:17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
• Ps 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
• Rom 10:21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
• Ezra 10:19And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
• Josh 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Col 3:22–24Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
• Rev 7:15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
• 2 Chr 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
• Ps 132:13–14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
• Ps 68:24They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
• Matt 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• Ps 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
• 2 Chr 28:13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
• Deut 6:13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

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