Jeremiah 7:23

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Job 36:11

If they obey God and serve him, they live out their lives in peace and prosperity.

Psalm 119:3

They never do wrong; they walk in the Lord's ways.

Psalm 40:6

You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar or for sacrifices to take away sins. Instead, you have given me ears to hear you,

Psalm 81:13

How I wish my people would listen to me; how I wish they would obey me!

Exodus 15:26

He said, “If you will obey me completely by doing what I consider right and by keeping my commands, I will not punish you with any of the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord, the one who heals you.”

Exodus 16:32

Moses said, “The Lord has commanded us to save some manna, to be kept for our descendants, so that they can see the food which he gave us to eat in the desert when he brought us out of Egypt.”

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 11:4

It is the covenant I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, the land that was like a blazing furnace to them. I told them to obey me and to do everything that I had commanded. I told them that if they obeyed, they would be my people and I would be their God.

Jeremiah 11:7

When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly warned them to obey me, and I have kept on warning the people until this day.

Jeremiah 13:11

Just as shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and would bring praise and honor to my name; but they would not obey me.”

Jeremiah 22:21

The Lord spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you refused to listen. That is what you've done all your life; you never would obey the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:3

“I, the Lord, command you to do what is just and right. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. Do not mistreat or oppress aliens, orphans, or widows; and do not kill innocent people in this holy place.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 31:33

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:23

But when they came into this land and took possession of it, they did not obey your commands or live according to your teaching; they did nothing that you had ordered them to do. And so you brought all this destruction on them.

Jeremiah 38:20

I said, “You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the Lord's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

Jeremiah 42:6

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.”

Zephaniah 3:2

It has not listened to the Lord or accepted his discipline. It has not put its trust in the Lord or asked for his help.

Zechariah 6:15

Men who live far away will come and help to rebuild the Temple of the Lord. And when it is rebuilt, you will know that the Lord Almighty sent me to you. This will all happen if you fully obey the commands of the Lord your God.

Zechariah 7:7

This is what the Lord said through the earlier prophets at the time when Jerusalem was prosperous and filled with people and when there were many people living not only in the towns around the city but also in the southern region and in the western foothills.

Romans 16:26

Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.

2 Corinthians 10:5

we pull down every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:27

a blessing, if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today;

Deuteronomy 13:4

Follow the Lord and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.

Deuteronomy 13:5

But put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against the Lord, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that the Lord has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to rid yourselves of this evil.

Deuteronomy 30:2

If you and your descendants will turn back to the Lord and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,

Deuteronomy 30:20

Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 30:8

and you will again obey him and keep all his commands that I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 4:10

about the day you stood in the presence of the Lord your God at Mount Sinai, when he said to me, ‘Assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live and so that they will teach their children to do the same.’

Deuteronomy 4:40

Obey all his laws that I have given you today, and all will go well with you and your descendants. You will continue to live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to be yours forever.”

Deuteronomy 5:16

“‘Respect your father and your mother, as I, the Lord your God, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

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.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Listen to them, people of Israel, and obey them! Then all will go well with you, and you will become a mighty nation and live in that rich and fertile land, just as the Lord, the God of our ancestors, has promised.

Hebrews 5:9

When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him,

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Which does the Lord prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him.