2 Chronicles 18:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.””
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“Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets--one mouth--<FI> are<Fi> good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 18:12 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 9:2they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.
- Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Amos 7:13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Micah 2:6“Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
- Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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