2 Chronicles 17:3
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
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2 Chronicles 15:2, 9
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. . . .

Genesis 39:2, 3, 21
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. . . .

Exodus 3:12
"I will surely be with you, " God said, "and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain."

Exodus 4:12
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say."

Joshua 1:5, 9
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you or forsake you. . . .

Judges 2:18
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and delivered them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them.

Judges 6:12
And the Angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."

2 Samuel 5:10
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

1 Chronicles 22:18
"Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

Psalm 46:7, 11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah . . .

Isaiah 8:10
Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us."

Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Matthew 1:23
"Behold! The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel" (which means, "God with us").

Matthew 18:20
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them."

Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Matthew 28:20
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

he walked

2 Samuel 8:15
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

1 Kings 11:6
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD--and unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.

1 Kings 15:3, 4
Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been. . . .

2 Kings 14:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.

2 Kings 16:2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his forefather, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Kings 18:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

2 Kings 22:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of David his forefather; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Psalm 132:1-5
O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, . . .

his father David.

2 Chronicles 14:2-5, 11
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. . . .

2 Chronicles 15:8-13
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD's temple. . . .

sought

Judges 2:11
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

Judges 8:33
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.

Jeremiah 2:23
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David's earlier days and did not seek the Baals,

King James Bible
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals

International Standard Version
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example set during his ancestor David's preliminary years by not pursuing the Baals.

NET Bible
The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David's footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,
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