He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; ¹  they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. ² 

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹  of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ¹  for his mother gave him evil advice. ² 

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. ¹ 

He followed in the footsteps of ¹  the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

You crown the year with your good blessings, ¹  and you leave abundance in your wake. ² 

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

For her house ¹  sinks ²  down to death, and her paths lead ³  to the place of the departed spirits. ⁴ 

So ¹  you will walk in the way of good people, ²  and will keep on the paths of the righteous. ³ 

Acknowledge ¹  him in all your ways, ²  and he will make your paths straight. ³ 

You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment ¹  in your hand.

Solomon did evil in the Lord’s sight; ¹  he did not remain loyal to ²  the Lord, like his father David had.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor ¹  David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. ²  He did not seek the Baals,

He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. ¹ 

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, ¹  or if anything ²  has defiled my hands,

As for the actions of people ¹  – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

Even when my strength leaves me, ¹  you watch my footsteps. ²  In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example. ¹ 

Yet it was I who led ¹  Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them. ²