2 Chronicles 26:16

Uzziah's Pride and Punishment

16 But j when he was strong his heart was k lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God l by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 8:14
    When your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
    2 Chronicles 25:19
    "Indeed you say that you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now; why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall - you and Judah with you?"
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:1 - 4
    And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
    2 Kings 16:12
    And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.
    2 Kings 16:13
    So he burned his burnt offering and his grain offering; and he poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.
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