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

Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son.

They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple.

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Forbear

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

They say to the visionaries, "See no more visions!" and to the seers, "Don't relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.

"The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the Lord's temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.

For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.

And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Determined

Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, 'How?'

But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.

If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?" But Eli's sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.

who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'

to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

General references

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.