Jeremiah 6:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord: Stand by the earliest roads, ask the pathways of old, “Which is the way to good?” and walk it; thus you will find rest for yourselves. But they said, “We will not walk it.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:36

listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel (for you teach them the good way in which they should walk). Give rain to this land of yours which you have given to your people as their heritage.

2 Chronicles 19:11

See now, Amariah is chief priest over you for everything that pertains to the Lord, and Zebadiah, son of Ishmael, is leader of the house of Judah in all that pertains to the king; and the Levites will be your officials. Take firm action, and the Lord will be with the good.”

Psalm 116:7

Return, my soul, to your rest; the Lord has been very good to you.

Isaiah 2:5

House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!

Isaiah 28:12

to whom he said: “This is the resting place, give rest to the weary; And this is the place of repose”— but they refused to hear.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word behind you: “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or the left.

Isaiah 46:9

remember the former things, those long ago: I am God, there is no other; I am God, there is none like me.

Isaiah 57:2

and enter into peace; They rest upon their couches, the sincere, who walk in integrity.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they truly learn my people’s custom of swearing by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will say, “No use! We will follow our own devices; each one of us will behave according to the stubbornness of our evil hearts!”

Jeremiah 18:15

Yet my people have forgotten me: they offer incense in vain. They stumble off their paths, the ways of old, Traveling on bypaths, not the beaten track.

Jeremiah 2:25

Stop wearing out your feet and parching your throat! But you say, “No use! No! How I love these strangers, after them I must go.”

Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke to you when you were secure, but you answered, “I will not listen.” This has been your way from your youth, not to listen to my voice.

Jeremiah 31:21

Set up road markers, put up signposts; Turn your attention to the highway, the road you walked. Turn back, virgin Israel, turn back to these your cities.

Jeremiah 42:3

May the Lord, your God, show us the way we should take and what we should do.”

Jeremiah 44:16

“Regarding the word you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not listening to you.

Jeremiah 50:5

They shall ask for Zion, seeking out the way. “Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant, never to be forgotten.”

Jeremiah 7:23

This rather is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen to me, nor did they pay attention. They walked in the stubbornness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me.

Jeremiah 7:3

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Reform your ways and your deeds so that I may dwell with you in this place.

Luke 16:29

But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, “The light will be among you only a little while. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

John 13:17

If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.

John 5:39

You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.

Acts 17:11

These Jews were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all willingness and examined the scriptures daily to determine whether these things were so.

Romans 4:12

as well as the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but also follow the path of faith that our father Abraham walked while still uncircumcised. Inheritance Through Faith.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old, consider the years of generations past. Ask your father, he will inform you, your elders, they will tell you:

Colossians 2:6

So, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,

Hebrews 11:2

Because of it the ancients were well attested.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises. God’s Promise Immutable.

Judges 2:17

but they did not listen to their judges either, for they prostituted themselves by following other gods, bowing down to them. They were quick to stray from the way their ancestors had taken, who obeyed the commandments of the Lord; but these did not.