Zephaniah 1:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ and those who turn away from following יהוה, and who have not sought יהוה or inquired of Him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And those who have drawn back from following the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired for, inquired of, and required the Lord [as their first necessity].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

Common English Bible

⁶ those turning away from the LORD, those who don’t seek the LORD and don’t pursue him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about him.

Zephaniah 1:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

“For I have guarded the ways of יהוה, And have not acted wrongly against my Elohim.

2 Chronicles 15:13

and whoever would not seek יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl would be put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his face The wrongdoer does not seek Him, In all his thoughts there is no Elohim!

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, יהוה shall lead them away With the workers of wickedness. Peace be upon Yisra’ĕl!

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise, to do good.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, they went backward.

Isaiah 43:22

“But you have not called on Me, O Ya‛aqoḇ, for you have been weary of Me, O Yisra’ĕl.

Isaiah 9:12

the Arameans before and the Philistines behind. And they devour Yisra’ĕl with an open mouth. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 9:13

And the people have not turned back to Him who strikes them, nor have they sought יהוה of hosts.

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out Your wrath on the nations who do not know You, and on the tribes who do not call on Your Name. For they have eaten up Ya‛aqoḇ, devoured him and consumed him, and laid waste his home.

Jeremiah 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares יהוה, “you have gone backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I have been weary of relenting!

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have done two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns, which do not hold water.

Jeremiah 2:17

“Have you not done this to yourself, by forsaking יהוה your Elohim when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 3:10

“And yet for all this her treacherous sister Yehuḏah has not turned to Me with all her heart, but falsely,” declares יהוה.

Ezekiel 3:20

“And when a righteous one turns from his righteousness and shall do unrighteousness, when I have put a stumbling-block before him, he shall die. Because you did not warn him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done is not remembered, and his blood I require at your hand.

Hosea 11:7

“My people are bent towards backsliding from Me. Though they call to the One Above, none of them exalt Him.

Hosea 7:10

“And the Excellency of Yisra’ĕl did witness to his face, but they did not return to יהוה their Elohim, nor did they seek Him for all this.

Hosea 7:7

“All of them are as hot as an oven, and they consumed their rulers. All their sovereigns have fallen – not one among them calls on Me.

Zephaniah 3:2

She did not obey the voice, she did not accept instruction, she did not trust in יהוה, she did not draw near to her Elohim.

Romans 3:11

“There is no one who is understanding, there is none who is seeking Elohim.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect so great a deliverance, which first began to be spoken by the Master, and was confirmed to us by those that heard,

Joshua 23:12

“But if you do turn back at all, and cling to the remnant of these nations, these that remain among you, and intermarry with them, and go in to them and they to you,

1 Samuel 15:11

“I am grieved that I have set up Sha’ul as sovereign, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My words.” And it displeased Shemu’ĕl, and he cried to יהוה all night.