Jeremiah 11:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ever since I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I have been telling your people to obey me. But you and your ancestors

Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

So the LORD made sure that every prophet warned Israel and Judah with these words: “I, the LORD, command you to stop doing sinful things and start obeying my laws and teachings! I gave them to your ancestors, and I told my servants the prophets to repeat them to you.”

2 Chronicles 36:15

But the LORD God felt sorry for his people, and instead of destroying the temple, he sent prophets who warned the people over and over again about their sins.

Exodus 15:26

Then he said, “I am the LORD your God, and I cure your diseases. If you obey me by doing right and by following my laws and teachings, I won't punish you with the diseases I sent on the Egyptians.”

Jeremiah 11:4

My commands haven't changed since I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, a nation that seemed like a blazing furnace where iron ore is melted. I told your ancestors that if they obeyed my commands, I would be their God, and they would be my people.

Jeremiah 25:3

For twenty-three years now, ever since the thirteenth year that Josiah was king, I have been telling you what the LORD has told me. But you have not listened.

Jeremiah 25:4

The LORD has sent prophets to you time after time, but you refused to listen.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will be different from the agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt. Although I was their God, they broke that agreement.

Jeremiah 32:23

But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.

Jeremiah 34:14

As part of this agreement, you must let a Hebrew slave go free after six years of service. Your ancestors did not obey me,

Jeremiah 35:14

from the Rechabite clan. Their ancestor Jonadab told his descendants never to drink wine, and to this very day they have obeyed him. But I have spoken to you over and over, and you haven't obeyed me!

Jeremiah 35:15

You refused to listen to my prophets, who kept telling you, “Stop doing evil and worshipping other gods! Start obeying the LORD, and he will let you live in this land he gave your ancestors.”

Jeremiah 7:13

While you have been sinning, I have been trying to talk to you, but you refuse to listen.

Hosea 4:1

Israel, listen as the LORD accuses everyone in the land! No one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God.

Hosea 5:1

Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.

Zechariah 1:4

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.

Ephesians 4:17

As a follower of the Lord, I order you to stop living like stupid, godless people.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.

Deuteronomy 30:20

Be completely faithful to the LORD your God, love him, and do whatever he tells you. The LORD is the only one who can give life, and he will let you live a long time in the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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.

Deuteronomy 6:2

And if you and your descendants want to live a long time, you must always worship the LORD and obey his laws.

Deuteronomy 8:6

Obey the commands the LORD your God has given you and worship him with fear and trembling.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

So, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, we ask and beg these people to settle down and start working for a living.

1 Samuel 8:9

Do everything they ask, but warn them and tell them how a king will treat them.