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2 Chronicles 12:6

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

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ASV

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

KJV

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּvai.yi.ka.ne.'Uand they humbled themselvesH3665 →
שָׂרֵֽי־sa.rei-[the] leaders ofH8269 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428 →
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
צַדִּ֥יק׀tza.Dik[is] righteousH6662 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Exodus 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.2 Chronicles 21:2Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.Jeremiah 18:8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.2 Chronicles 32:26Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.Psalms 129:4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”Daniel 5:22But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.2 Chronicles 33:23but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.1 Kings 8:37–39When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,Jeremiah 13:15Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Jeremiah 44:10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

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