2 Chronicles 25:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

Art thou made

Matthew 21:23

Forbear

Revelation 11:10

Determined

General references

1 Kings 12:8

Job 17:4

Proverbs 9:7

Bible References

Art thou made

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words.

When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

Forbear

He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right,

Speak to us pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions.

“The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the

overseer in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Determined

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’

But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today.

If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death.

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.

What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

also we

have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

General references

But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.

“For You have

kept their heart from understanding,

Therefore You will not exalt them.

He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.