Jeremiah 13:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

A black man cannot change the color of his skin, and a leopard cannot change its spots. In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good. You always do bad things.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:22

Even if you wash yourself with lye, even if you use much soap, I can still see your guilt.” This message is from the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.

Jeremiah 17:9

“Nothing can hide its evil as well as the human mind. It can be very sick, and no one really understands it.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, I know that you want people to be loyal to you. You hit the people of Judah, but they did not feel any pain. You destroyed them, but they refused to learn their lesson. They became very stubborn. They refused to be sorry for the bad things they did.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished you people of Judah, but it did not help. You did not come back when you were punished. With your swords you killed the prophets who came to you. Like a dangerous lion, you killed the prophets.”

Isaiah 1:5

What good will it do to keep punishing you? You will continue to rebel. Your whole head and heart are already sick and aching.

Proverbs 27:22

Even if you pound fools to powder like grain in a bowl, you will never force the foolishness out of them.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord said, “My people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are stupid children. They don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

1 Samuel 19:21

Saul heard about this, so he sent other messengers, but they also began prophesying. So Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also began prophesying.

2 Kings 17:40

But the Israelites did not listen. They kept on doing the same things they did before.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

If something is crooked, you cannot say it is straight. And if something is missing, you cannot say it is there.