Psalm 81:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

“My people, Israel, if only you would listen and do as I say!

Cross References

Isaiah 48:18

How I wish that you had obeyed my commands! Your success and good fortune would then have overflowed like a flooding river.

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.

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If you did, you could see where you are headed.

Proverbs 1:31

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Jeremiah 7:24

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one way, they always went the other.