Jeremiah 42:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

even if it isn't what we want to do. We will obey the Lord so that all will go well for us.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 7:23

Instead, I told them, “If you listen to me and do what I tell you, I will be your God, you will be my people, and all will go well for you.”

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish they would always worship me with fear and trembling and be this willing to obey me! Then they and their children would always enjoy a successful life.

Romans 8:7

Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Follow them, because they make a path that will lead to a long successful life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Romans 7:13

Am I saying something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is.

Romans 7:7

Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do this.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell those who obey God, “You're very fortunate— you will be rewarded for what you have done.”

Psalm 128:2

Your fields will produce, and you will be happy— all will go well.

Joshua 24:24

The people said, “The Lord is our God, and we will worship and obey only him.”

Exodus 24:7

Then he read aloud the Lord's commands and promises, and the people shouted, “We will obey the Lord and do everything he has commanded!”

Deuteronomy 5:27

Moses, go up close and listen to the Lord. Then come back and tell us, and we will do everything he says.

Jeremiah 22:15

More cedar in your palace doesn't make you a better king than your father Josiah. He always did right— he gave justice to the poor and was honest.

Jeremiah 43:4

Johanan, the other army officers, and everyone else refused to stay in Judah in spite of the Lord's command.

Psalm 78:36

But they tried to flatter God, and they told him lies;