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

When Jezebel massacred the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and hid them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.

He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.

I hate him

Ahab saw Elijah. He said: Is it you, Israel's troublemaker?

He said to him: These are the words of Jehovah: '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.'

Ahab said to Elijah: Have you come face to face with me, O my enemy? Elijah said: I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Evil will kill wicked people, and those who hate righteous people will be condemned.

This is because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.

Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Correct a scoffer (mocker) (scorner) and he will hate you. Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright. The righteous are concerned for his life.

Then they said: Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.

You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity).

John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

So then have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Good

They say to the seers: Do not see the future. They say to those who have visions: 'Do not have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. Prophesy illusions.

The officials went to the king and said: This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.

Me

But Micaiah answered: By the living God Jehovah I will say what my God tells me to say.

When Joram saw Jehu he said: Do you come in peace, Jehu? He said in reply: What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts of witchcraft?

Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.

I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Let not the

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise provider to a listening ear.

Will it be said, O house of Jacob, 'Is the Spirit of Jehovah impatient? Are these his doings? Do my words not do good for he who walks uprightly?'

General references

What is your opinion? He asked: What answer are we to give to this people? They want me to lighten the burdens placed on them by my father.