2 Chronicles 12:6

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Summary

2 Chronicles 12:6

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

Humbled

The lord

Bible References

Humbled

Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,

If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight, mildew, locust [or] caterpillar, if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there be,

When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud, for LORD has spoken.

They are not humbled even to this day. Neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled thy heart, though thou knew all this,

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

The lord

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time. LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [scraps] under my table. As I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Therefore LORD has watched over the evil, and brought it upon us, for LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.

For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.