2Chr 32:31 Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:31
31: However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
Deuteronomy 8:2
- Remember how the LORD your God led you through the wilderness for forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would really obey his commands.
2 Chronicles 32:24
- About that time, Hezekiah became deathly ill. He prayed to the LORD, who healed him and gave him a miraculous sign.
Genesis 22:1
- Later on God tested Abraham's faith and obedience. "Abraham!" God called. "Yes," he replied. "Here I am."
Deuteronomy 8:16
- He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.
John 15:5
- "Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Job 1:11
- But take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!"
- "All right, you may test him," the LORD said to Satan. "Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically." So Satan left the LORD's presence.
Malachi 3:2
- "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
- He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
Proverbs 17:3
- Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
James 1:13
- And remember, no one who wants to do wrong should ever say, "God is tempting me." God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else either.
Job 2:3
- Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth--a man of complete integrity. He fears God and will have nothing to do with evil. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you persuaded me to harm him without cause."
- Satan replied to the LORD, "Skin for skin--he blesses you only because you bless him. A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
- But take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!"
- "All right, do with him as you please," the LORD said to Satan. "But spare his life."
Judges 16:20
- Then she cried out, "Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!" When he woke up, he thought, "I will do as before and shake myself free." But he didn't realize the LORD had left him.
Psalms 119:116
- LORD, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.
- Sustain me, and I will be saved; then I will meditate on your principles continually.
Isaiah 38:7
- " `And this is the sign that the LORD will give you to prove he will do as he promised:
- I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!'" So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
Psalms 51:11
- Do not banish me from your presence, and don't take your Holy Spirit from me.
- Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Isaiah 39:1
- Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
- Hezekiah welcomed the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses--the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them all his other treasures--everything! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
- Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."
- "What did they see in your palace?" asked Isaiah. "They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own--all my treasures."
- Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD Almighty:
Deuteronomy 13:3
- do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you love him with all your heart and soul.
Zechariah 13:9
- I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, `These are my people,' and they will say, `The LORD is our God.'"
Psalms 139:1
- O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
- You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my every thought when far away.
Psalms 27:9
- Do not hide yourself from me. Do not reject your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don't leave me now; don't abandon me, O God of my salvation!
1 Peter 1:7
- These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
2 Kings 20:8
- Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?"
- Isaiah replied, "This is the sign that the LORD will give you to prove he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?"
- "The shadow always moves forward," Hezekiah replied. "Make it go backward instead."
- So Isaiah asked the LORD to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!
- Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.
Psalms 139:23
- Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
- Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.