Jeremiah 31:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When we were young, we strayed and sinned, but then we realized what we had done. We are ashamed and disgraced and want to return to you.”

Cross References

Ezra 9:6

and prayed: I am much too ashamed to face you, LORD God. Our sins and our guilt have swept over us like a flood that reaches up to the heavens.

Job 13:26

Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth?

Job 20:11

Indeed, the wicked will die and go to their graves in the prime of life.

Psalm 119:67

Once you corrected me for not obeying you, but now I obey.

Psalm 25:7

Forget each wrong I did when I was young. Show how truly kind you are and remember me.

Isaiah 54:4

Don't be afraid or ashamed and don't be discouraged. You won't be disappointed. Forget how sinful you were when you were young; stop feeling ashamed for being left a widow.

Jeremiah 22:21

When times were good, I warned you. But you ignored me, just as you have done since Israel was young.

Jeremiah 3:25

We have rebelled against you just like our ancestors, and we are ashamed of our sins.”

Jeremiah 32:30

The kings and the officials, the priests and the prophets, and everyone else in Israel and Judah have turned from me and made me angry by worshipping idols. Again and again I have tried to teach my people to obey me, but they refuse to be corrected. I am going to get rid of Jerusalem, because its people have done nothing but evil.

Ezekiel 21:12

Groan in sorrow, Ezekiel; the sword is drawn against my people and their leaders. They will die! So give up all hope.

Ezekiel 21:17

Then I will stop being angry, and I will clap my hands in victory. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 23:3

While they were young and living in Egypt, they became prostitutes.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will take away your stubborn heart and give you a new heart and a desire to be faithful. You will have only pure thoughts,

Ezekiel 36:31

You will remember your evil ways and hate yourselves for what you've done.

Ezekiel 6:9

where they will be prisoners. And when they think of me, they will realize that they disgraced me by rebelling and by worshipping idols. They will hate themselves for the evil things they did,

Zechariah 12:10

I, the LORD, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their firstborn.

Luke 15:30

This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”

Luke 18:13

The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up towards heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, “God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner.”

Romans 6:21

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

Deuteronomy 30:2

return to him with all your heart and soul and start obeying the commands I have given to you today.

2 Timothy 2:25

Be humble when you correct people who oppose you. Perhaps God will lead them to turn to him and learn the truth.