Thematic Bible: Parental influence and example


Thematic Bible




Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesKeep The Commandments!

He walked in the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Amaziah had done. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesSports

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he didn’t enter the Lord’s sanctuary, but the people still behaved corruptly. Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He walked in the way of his father, in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kingsjezebel

And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!” Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfInciting To EvilSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

“Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsFalse ReligionExamples, Badevil, warnings againstChildren, attitudes towardsNot Imitating EvilPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryParents Being Wrongstatues

He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kings

Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.” Verse ConceptsBad ParentsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesHardness Of HeartSuperstitionMisteachingFollowers Of Baalimagination

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
and have not kept His statutes.
The lies that their ancestors followed
have led them astray.
Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

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