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1 Kings 14:22

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And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:22Rank 1 from verse 22
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    22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  2. 2 Chronicles 12:1Rank 2 from verse 22
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    1AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

  3. Psalms 78:58Rank 3 from verse 22
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    58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

  4. 1 Kings 14:9Rank 4 from verse 22
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    9But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

  5. 1 Kings 16:30Rank 5 from verse 22
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    30And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

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1 Kings 14:22

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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provoked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

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sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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committed

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1. Performed or did an act, offence, trespass, or sin. 2. Entrusted, delivered, or placed a person or thing in another’s charge, custody, care, or keeping, or gave it over to a place or course.

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21¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

22And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

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23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

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