2 Chronicles 15:7

Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack,—for there is a reward for your work!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

In Context

6and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city,—for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.

8And, when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim,—and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying,—Do not fear Abram, I am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

Joshua 1:7Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,—that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

Joshua 14:14For this cause, hath Hebron belonged unto Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite, for an inheritance, unto this day,—because he wholly followed Yahweh, God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:20Then said David, unto Solomon his son, Be strong and bold, and act, thou mayest not fear nor be dismayed,—for, Yahweh, God, my God, will be with thee, he will not let thee go, neither will he forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and bold, do not fear neither be dismayed, because of the king of Assyria, nor because of all the multitude that is with him,—for, with us, is One greater than with him:

Psalms 27:14Wait thou for Yahweh,—Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 15:2-8

God's Message to Asa. ( b. c. 945.) 1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought… Read the whole commentary →

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