2 Chronicles 18:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

One man

1 Kings 18:4

1 Kings 19:10

I hate him

Good

Isaiah 30:10

Jeremiah 38:4

Me

Let not the

Proverbs 25:12

Micah 2:7

General references

1 Kings 12:9

Bible References

One man

For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

I hate him

And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

Good

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.

Me

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

Let not the

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?

General references

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?