Jeremiah 17:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Yet they would not listen and obey or incline their ears; but they stiffened their necks, that they might not hear and might not receive instruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

Common English Bible

²³ although they didn’t listen or pay attention. They were stubborn and wouldn’t obey or accept correction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they hardened their neck, lest they listen to me and receive discipline.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ But they did not hear nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me and might not receive instruction.

Jeremiah 17:23 Cross References

Psalm 50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:3

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and judgement and equity;

Proverbs 1:5

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Proverbs 29:1

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.

Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 8:10

Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Jeremiah 11:10

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 19:15

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they might not hear my words.

Jeremiah 32:33

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 6:8

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 7:28

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected my judgements, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezekiel 20:16

because they rejected my judgements, and walked not in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:21

But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgements to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths: then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling should not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

Acts 7:51

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Judges 6:10

and I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not hearkened unto my voice.