2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
The setting
Jerusalem, Israel, ~959 BC. In the same breath as promising blessing, God warns Solomon about the choice ahead. Solomon doesn't know he'll marry 1,000 foreign wives who will lead him astray...
The emotion here: heartbroken anticipation of beloved's betrayal
The original word
sūr (סוּר) — to turn aside, depart from the path, like taking a wrong exit
Why it matters
Solomon himself fulfilled this warning by building altars to foreign gods for his wives
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 7:19
This is conditional — 'IF you turn away.' God isn't predicting failure, He's warning against it
Common misconceptionPeople think God is threatening them, but He's actually pleading. Like a parent warning a child about fire — the warning comes from love, not anger.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 7:19 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 7:19 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Yahweh. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include covenant conditions, apostasy, divine warning. Notable phrases: turn away; forsake my statutes; serve other gods. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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