Jeremiah 8:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in a world of deception.  , In their deception they refuse to know me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention  and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.

John 5:40

But you are not willing   to come to me   so that you may have life.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on   ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, ‘Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ’

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.

Revelation 2:25

Only hold on to what you have until I come.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but test all things.  Hold on to what is good.

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a young woman forget her jewellery or a bride her wedding sash? Yet my people have forgotten me for countless days.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.’ For the mouth of the  Lord has spoken.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains will ravage them. A leopard  stalks their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Jeremiah 14:7

Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions  are many; we have sinned against you.

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has broken your law and turned away,  refusing to obey you. The promised curse  written in the law of Moses,  the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against him.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he bear a grudge for ever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ’ This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.

Jeremiah 6:17

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they protested, ‘We won’t listen! ’

Jeremiah 6:19

Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.

Hosea 11:5

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.

Hosea 13:2

Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skilfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, ‘Let the men who sacrifice  kiss the calves.’