Zephaniah 3:2

God's Word

It obeys no one. It does not accept correction. It does not trust the Lord. It does not draw close to its God.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were defiant and rebelled against you. They threw your teachings over their shoulders and killed your prophets who warned them to turn back to you. They committed outrageous sins.

Psalm 10:4

He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”

Psalm 50:17

You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you.

Psalm 73:28

Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty Lord my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done.

Psalm 78:22

because they did not believe God or trust him to save them.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 5:12

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

Isaiah 1:5

“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is ⌞based on⌟ rules made by humans.

Isaiah 31:1

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.

Isaiah 43:22

Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me.

Isaiah 9:12

the Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west. They will devour Israel with open mouths. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear, and he is still ready to use his power.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your fate, the destiny I have planned for you,” declares the Lord. “You have forgotten me and trusted false gods.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I have punished your children without results. They didn’t respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you said that you wouldn’t listen. This is how you’ve been ever since you were young. You don’t listen to 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 35:13

“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Tell the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem, ‘Won’t you ever learn your lesson and obey my words? declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 35:17

“ ‘This is what the Lord God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring on Judah and on all those who live in Jerusalem all the disasters that I threatened. I have spoken to them, but they didn’t listen. I called to them, but they didn’t answer.’ ”

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.

Ezekiel 22:24

“Son of man, tell the city, ‘You are an unclean land that has not had rain during the day of my anger. You have not been made clean.

Ezekiel 24:13

I tried to clean you of your filthy lust, but you wouldn’t clean yourself from your filth. You will never be clean until I unleash my fury on you.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”

2 Timothy 3:16

Every Scripture passage is inspired by God. All of them are useful for teaching, pointing out errors, correcting people, and training them for a life that has God’s approval.

Hebrews 10:22

We have been sprinkled ⌞with his blood⌟ to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come ⌞to him⌟ with a sincere heart and strong faith.