Jeremiah 42:6

Good News Translation

Whether it pleases us or not, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are asking you to pray. All will go well with us if we obey him.”

Cross References

Psalm 128:2

Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.

Psalm 78:36

But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the book of the Covenant, in which the Lord's commands were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said, “We will obey the Lord and do everything that he has commanded.”

Isaiah 3:10

The righteous will be happy, and things will go well for them. They will get to enjoy what they have worked for.

Jeremiah 22:15

Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.

Jeremiah 43:4

So neither Johanan nor any of the army officers nor any of the people would obey the Lord's command to remain in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 7:23

But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.

Romans 7:13

But does this mean that what is good caused my death? By no means! It was sin that did it; by using what is good, sin brought death to me, in order that its true nature as sin might be revealed. And so, by means of the commandment sin is shown to be even more terribly sinful.

Romans 7:7

Shall we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, “Do not desire what belongs to someone else,” I would not have known such a desire.

Romans 8:7

And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go back, Moses, and listen to everything that the Lord our God says. Then return and tell us what he said to you. We will listen and obey.’

Deuteronomy 5:29

If only they would always feel this way! If only they would always honor me and obey all my commands, so that everything would go well with them and their descendants forever.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Obey them all, so that everything will go well with you and so that you will continue to live in the land that you are going to occupy.

Joshua 24:24

The people then said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey his commands.”