Jeremiah 42:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Psalm 128:2

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

Psalm 78:36

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

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!”

Isaiah 3:10

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

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. That's what it means to truly know me. So he lived a comfortable life and always had enough to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 43:4

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

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.”

Romans 7:13

Am I saying that 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 that.

Romans 8:7

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

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.

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 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.

Joshua 24:24

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