Jeremiah 8:5

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:13

Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.

Isaiah 1:20

And if ye shall refuse and rebel, ye shall be eaten by the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah spake.

Isaiah 30:10

Who said to the seeing, Ye shall not see, and to the perceiving, Ye shall not perceive for us right things, speak to us smooth things, perceive delusions.

Isaiah 44:20

He fed upon ashes: a deceived heart turned him away, and he shall not deliver his soul, and he shall not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Jeremiah 14:7

If our iniquities answered against us, O Jehovah, do for sake of thy name: for our turnings back were many; we sinned against thee.

Jeremiah 2:32

Will a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her girdles? and my people forgat me days of no numbering.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he guard forever? if he will watch to the end? Behold, I spake, and wilt thou do evil, and shalt thou be able?

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon faithfulness? thou didst smite them, and they were not pained; thou didst consume them, they refused to take instruction: they made their faces firm above the rock; they refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 5:6

For this, a lion from the forest struck them, a wolf of the deserts will destroy them, the panther watched over their cities: every one going forth from thence shall be torn in pieces; for their transgressions were multiplied, their turnings away were strong.

Jeremiah 6:17

And I set up watchers over you, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet And they will say, We will not attend.

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, thou earth: Behold me bringing evil to this people, the fruit of their purposes, for to my word they hearkened not, and my law they will reject it.

Jeremiah 9:6

Thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.

Daniel 9:11

And all Israel passed by thy Laws, and departing not to hear to thy voice; and the curse will be poured upon us, and the oath which was written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we sinned against him.

Hosea 11:5

He shall not turn back to the land of Egypt, and Assur shall be his king, for they refused to turn back.

Hosea 11:7

And my people are bent to turning away from me: and they will call together to the Most High; he will not exalt them.

Hosea 13:2

And now they will add to sin, and they will make to them a molten image of their silver, in their understanding images the work of artificers all of it: they saying to them, The men sacrificing shall kiss the calves.

Hosea 4:16

For as a stubborn heifer Israel was stubborn: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide place.

Zechariah 7:11

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.

John 5:40

And ye wish not to come to me, that ye might have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Try all things; hold the good.

Hebrews 12:25

See that ye refuse not him speaking. For if they escaped not, having refused him giving an intimation of the divine will on earth, much more we, who having turned back from him from the heavens:

Revelation 2:25

But what ye have, hold ye until I come.