I Kings 14:16
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So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
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because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.