Zephaniah 3:7

God's Word

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

Job 36:10

He makes them listen to his warning and orders them to turn away from wrong.

Psalm 32:8

⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline so that you may be wise the rest of your life.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?

Isaiah 63:8

He said, “They are my people, children who will not lie to me.” So he became their Savior.

Jeremiah 17:23

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

Jeremiah 25:5

The prophets said, ‘Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that the Lord permanently gave to you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 36:3

Maybe the nation of Judah will hear about all the disasters that I plan to bring on them, and they will turn from their wicked ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins.”

Jeremiah 38:17

Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you will live, and this city will not be burned. You and your household will live.

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 7:7

Then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave permanently to your ancestors long ago.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have paid attention and listened, but they weren’t honest. They don’t turn away from their wickedness and ask, “What have we done?” They go their own ways like horses charging into battle.

Hosea 9:9

People have deeply corrupted themselves as they once did at Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins.

Zephaniah 3:2

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

Deuteronomy 4:16

that you don’t become corrupt and make your own carved idols. Don’t make statues that represent men or women,

1 Timothy 1:5

My goal in giving you this order is for love to flow from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord isn’t slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn’t want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act.