Jeremiah 8:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So why do you refuse to come back to me? Why do you hold so tightly to your false gods?

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Hold firmly to my teaching and never let go. It will mean life for you.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you turn against me, your enemies will kill you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

and have said to his messengers and prophets: Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false.

Isaiah 44:20

How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burnt to ashes? No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

Jeremiah 14:7

Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are.

Jeremiah 2:32

A bride could not forget to wear her jewellery to her wedding, but you have forgotten me day after day.

Jeremiah 3:5

you beg me to stop being angry, but you won't stop sinning.

Jeremiah 5:3

I answered, “I know that you look for truth. You punished your people for their lies, but in spite of the pain, they became more stubborn and refused to turn back to you.”

Jeremiah 5:6

The people have rebelled and rejected the LORD too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

Jeremiah 6:17

I also sent prophets to warn you of danger, but when they sounded the alarm, you paid no attention.

Jeremiah 9:6

Everyone takes advantage of everyone else, and no one will admit that I am God.

Daniel 9:11

Everyone in Israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws, and so those curses written by your servant Moses have fallen upon us.

Hosea 11:5

But they trusted Egypt instead of returning to me; now Assyria will rule them.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to reject me for a god they think is stronger, but he can't help.

Hosea 13:2

Now you continue to sin by designing and making idols of silver in the shape of calves. You are told to sacrifice to these idols— yes, even to kiss them.

Hosea 4:16

You are nothing more than a stubborn cow— so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.

Zechariah 7:11

But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the LORD, became angry

John 5:40

but you refuse to come to me for eternal life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Put everything to the test. Accept what is good

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure that you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven?

Revelation 2:25

But until I come, you must hold firmly to the teaching you have.