Jeremiah 17:23

God's Word

Your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me. They were impossible to deal with and would not listen or accept discipline.

Cross References

Psalm 50:17

You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:3

to acquire the discipline of wise behavior— righteousness and justice and fairness—

Proverbs 1:5

a wise person will listen and continue to learn, and an understanding person will gain direction—

Proverbs 29:1

A person who will not bend after many warnings will suddenly be broken beyond repair.

Proverbs 5:12

“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

Proverbs 8:10

Take my discipline, not silver, and my knowledge rather than fine gold,

Isaiah 48:4

I know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.

Jeremiah 11:10

They’ve gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors and refused to obey my words. They are following other gods and worshiping them. The nations of Israel and Judah have rejected the promise that I made to their ancestors.

Jeremiah 19:15

“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to bring on this city and on all its towns the disasters that I threatened. They’ve become impossible to deal with, and they refuse to obey me.”

Jeremiah 32:33

have turned their backs, not their faces to me. I taught them again and again, but they refused to listen and learn.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again. They said, “Turn from your evil ways, do what is right, and don’t follow other gods in order to serve them. Then you will live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.” However, you refused to listen to me or obey me.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, your eyes look for the truth. You strike these people, but they don’t feel it. You crush them, but they refuse to be corrected. They are more stubborn than rocks. They refuse to turn back.

Jeremiah 6:8

Pay attention to my warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you. I will make your land desolate, a land where no one will live.

Jeremiah 7:28

You will say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the Lord their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.’

Ezekiel 20:13

“ ‘But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They didn’t live by my laws, and they rejected my rules. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days of rest—holy days on which to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them in the desert and completely wipe them out.

Ezekiel 20:16

They rejected my rules, and they didn’t live by my laws. They dishonored the days to worship me, because their hearts chased disgusting idols.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘But they rebelled against me. They didn’t live by my laws, and they didn’t obey my rules and follow them. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in the desert.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said ⌞to my people⌟, ‘You will fear me. You will accept correction!’ Then their homeland would not be wiped out even though I have punished them. Still, they continued to be corrupt in everything they did.”

Acts 7:51

“How stubborn can you be? How can you be so heartless and disobedient? You’re just like your ancestors. They always opposed the Holy Spirit, and so do you!

Judges 6:10

I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God. You must never fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you will live.’ But you have not obeyed me.”