Proverbs 28:2 Cross References

Proverbs 28:2

2: When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But with wise and knowledgeable leaders, there is stability.

But don't be angry with yourselves that you did this to me, for God did it. He sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.
These two years of famine will grow to seven, during which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
God has sent me here to keep you and your families alive so that you will become a great nation.
Yes, it was God who sent me here, not you! And he has made me a counselor to Pharaoh--manager of his entire household and ruler over all Egypt.

Nadab son of Jeroboam began to rule over Israel in the second year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned in Israel two years.

Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven.
And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib returned home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.
That is how the LORD rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the others who threatened them. So there was peace at last throughout the land.
From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the LORD arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.
About that time, Hezekiah became deathly ill. He prayed to the LORD, who healed him and gave him a miraculous sign.

The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will cut off the supplies of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.
He will destroy all the nation's leaders--the heroes, soldiers, judges, prophets, diviners, elders,
army officers, honorable citizens, advisers, skilled magicians, and expert enchanters.
Then he will appoint children to rule over them, and anarchy will prevail.
People will take advantage of each other--man against man, neighbor fighting neighbor. Young people will revolt against authority, and nobodies will sneer at honorable people.

Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, but he reigned only three months.
Then he was deposed by Neco, the king of Egypt, who demanded a tribute from Judah of 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
The king of Egypt appointed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the next king of Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Then Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt as a prisoner.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

" `O King Nebuchadnezzar, please listen to me. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past by being merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.'

Zechariah son of Jeroboam II began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Uzziah's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria six months.
Zechariah did what was evil in the LORD's sight, as his ancestors had done. He refused to turn from the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit.
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public, and became the next king.
The rest of the events in Zechariah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
So the LORD's message to Jehu came true: "Your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation."

Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.

There was a poor, wise man living there who knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought any more about him.

Elah son of Baasha began to rule over Israel from Tirzah in the twenty-sixth year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned in Israel two years.
Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
Zimri walked in and struck him down and killed him. This happened in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa's reign in Judah. Then Zimri became the next king.
Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, and he did not leave a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.
So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the LORD had promised through the prophet Jehu.

Your children will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as the people who rebuild their walls and cities.

Whatever you decide to do will be accomplished, and light will shine on the road ahead of you.
If someone is brought low and you say, `Help him up,' God will save the downcast.
Then even sinners will be rescued by your pure hands."

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