2 Chronicles 7:19 “But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have…”

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

World English Bible

But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

American Standard Version

But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

Geneva Bible 1599

But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worshippe them,

Darby Translation

But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;

Young's Literal Translation

and if ye turn back — ye — and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them — then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,

Bible in Basic English

But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

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Cross references

“if ye turn away”

Leviticus 26:14 Deuteronomy 28:15 Leviticus 26:33–46 1 Samuel 12:25 1 Chronicles 28:9 Deuteronomy 28:36

Leviticus 26:14 · BSB

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

Deuteronomy 28:15 · BSB

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Leviticus 26:33–46 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

1 Samuel 12:25 · BSB

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 · BSB

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be fou…

Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB

The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

“shall go”

Deuteronomy 4:23–27 1 Kings 11:4–8 Joshua 23:15 Joshua 23:16 1 Kings 9:6 1 Kings 9:7

Deuteronomy 4:23–27 · BSB

Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

1 Kings 11:4–8 · BSB

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

Joshua 23:15 · BSB

But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

Joshua 23:16 · BSB

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good…

1 Kings 9:6 · BSB

But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

1 Kings 9:7 · BSB

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

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