2 Kings 22:13

Josiah sends them to inquire of the LORD, fearing God's great wrath over the nation's disobedience. He recognizes the seriousness of Judah's sin.

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• Exod 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Neh 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
• Deut 31:17–18On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
• Deut 29:23–28All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
• Deut 4:23–27Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
• Jer 37:17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
• Jas 1:22–25Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
• 1 Chr 10:13–14So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
• 1 Kgs 22:7–8But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
• Lam 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
• Rom 4:15because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
• Ezek 14:3–4“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
• Ps 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
• 2 Chr 29:6For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
• Prov 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• Dan 9:10and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
• Neh 8:8–9So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
• Jer 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
• Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
• Dan 9:5–8we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
• 2 Chr 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
• Jer 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
• Ps 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Rom 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Rom 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
• Rev 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
• Ps 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
• Ezek 20:1–3In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
• Jer 21:1–2This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
• 2 Kgs 3:11But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
• Nah 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

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