Jeremiah 8:5

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So why have these people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way? Why do they refuse to turn around from their repeated betrayals, holding on to all their lies?

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to these instructions—don't let them go. Protect them, for they are life's foundation.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you are defiant, and if you are rebellious, you'll be killed by the sword. This is what the Lord has declared!

Isaiah 30:10

They tell people who see visions, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Don't give us prophecies about doing right—just tell us pleasant things and give us fake prophecies.

Isaiah 44:20

He is feeding on ashes, seduced by the deceptive thinking of his mind. He can't save himself, and he doesn't even ask, “Isn't this idol I'm holding just a lie?”

Jeremiah 14:7

Even though our sins give evidence against us, Lord, please do something for us because of your good nature. Yes, we have rebelled against you so often; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 2:32

Does a girl forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding dress? Yet my people have forgotten me for too many years to count.

Jeremiah 3:5

You won't be angry with me for a long time, will you? You won't go on being like that forever?” This is what you've said, but you keep on sinning as much as you can.

Jeremiah 5:27

Their homes are full of their ill-gotten gains, like cages full of birds. That's why they've become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, aren't you always looking for faithfulness? You beat them, but they didn't care. You just about destroyed them, but they refused to accept your discipline. They were stubborn, hard as rock, and they wouldn't repent.

Jeremiah 5:6

As a result a lion from the forest will attack them; a wolf from the desert will rip them apart. A leopard will lie in wait for them near their towns, ready to tear to pieces anyone who goes outside. For they keep on rebelling, and turn away from me so often.

Jeremiah 6:17

I put watchmen in charge of you and told you, Make sure you listen for the trumpet call warning you of danger. But you answered, “We won't listen!”

Jeremiah 6:19

Earth, you listen too! I am bringing disaster down on this people, the end result of what they themselves planned. It's because they paid no attention to what I said, and rejected my instructions.

Jeremiah 9:6

Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.

Daniel 9:11

The whole of Israel has broken your law and turned away from you, not listening to what you had to say. That's why the condemnation that comes from our broken promise has been poured out on us—because of our sin, as made clear in the Law of Moses, the servant of the Lord.

Hosea 11:5

However, because my people refuse to return to me, they will not return to the land of Egypt but Assyria shall be their king.

Hosea 11:7

My people are hanging on to their apostasy from me. They call him “god on high” but he will not raise them up at all.

Hosea 13:2

Now they constantly sin, making for themselves idols from molten metal. All of these idols are skillfully made from silver by their craftsmen. “Offer sacrifices to these idols,” say the people. “Kiss the bull calf idols.”

Hosea 4:16

For Israel is as stubborn as a stubborn cow. Should the Lord then take care of them like a lamb in a wide pasture?

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to listen. They were obstinate, turning their backs and closing their ears.

John 5:40

And yet you don't want to come to me so that you might live.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

make sure to check everything. Hold on to whatever is good;

Hebrews 12:25

Make sure you don't reject the one who is speaking! If they didn't escape when they rejected God on earth, it is even more certain that we won't escape if we turn away from God who warns us from heaven!

Revelation 2:25

‘Just hold on to what you have until I come.’