Nehemiah 9:29

New American Bible - revised edition

You bore witness against them, to bring them back to your law. But they were insolent and would not obey your commandments; They sinned against your ordinances, which give life to those who keep them. They turned stubborn backs, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:13

The Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer: Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your ancestors and which I sent you by my servants the prophets.

2 Kings 17:14

But they did not listen. They grew as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who had not believed in the Lord, their God.

2 Chronicles 24:19

Although prophets were sent to them to turn them back to the Lord and to warn them, the people would not listen.

2 Chronicles 33:10

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. Manasseh’s Conversion.

2 Chronicles 36:15

Early and often the Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent his messengers to them, for he had compassion on his people and his dwelling place.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days I perceived that people in Judah were treading the wine presses on the sabbath; that they were bringing in sheaves of grain, loading them on their donkeys, together with wine, grapes, figs, and every other kind of load, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the sabbath day. I warned them to sell none of these provisions.

Nehemiah 9:10

You worked signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants and the people of his land, Because you knew of their insolence toward them; thus you made for yourself a name even to this day.

Nehemiah 9:16

But they, our ancestors, proved to be insolent; they were obdurate and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were contemptuous and rebelled against you: they cast your law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who bore witness against them to bring them back to you: they were guilty of great insults.

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years, bearing witness against them through your spirit, by means of your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore you delivered them into the power of the peoples of the lands.

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go to serve me.

Jeremiah 17:23

though they did not listen or give ear, but stiffened their necks so they could not hear or take correction.

Jeremiah 19:15

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I will bring upon this city all the evil I have spoken against it, because they have become stubborn and have not obeyed my words.

Jeremiah 42:19

The Lord has spoken to you, remnant of Judah. Do not go to Egypt! Mark well that I am warning you this day.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah, son of Hoshaiah, Johanan, son of Kareah, and all the others had the insolence to say to Jeremiah: “You lie; the Lord, our God, did not send you to tell us, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there.’

Jeremiah 44:10

To this day they have not been crushed down, nor have they shown fear. They have not followed my law and my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they have not listened to me nor have they paid attention; they have stiffened their necks and done worse than their ancestors.

Ezekiel 20:11

Then I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, so that everyone who keeps them has life through them.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became proud and his spirit hardened by insolence, he was put down from his royal throne and deprived of his glory;

Hosea 6:5

For this reason I struck them down through the prophets, I killed them by the words of my mouth; my judgment shines forth like the light.

Leviticus 18:5

Keep, then, my statutes and decrees, for the person who carries them out will find life through them. I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:17

He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Luke 10:28

He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” The Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from [the] law, “The one who does these things will live by them.”

Galatians 3:12

But the law does not depend on faith; rather, “the one who does these things will live by them.”

Deuteronomy 31:21

then, when great evil and distress befall them, this song will speak to them as a witness, for it will not be forgotten if their descendants recite it. For I know what they are inclined to do even at the present time, before I have brought them into the land which I promised on oath.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I already know how rebellious and stiff-necked you will be. Why, even now, while I am alive among you, you have been rebels against the Lord! How much more, then, after I am dead!

Deuteronomy 4:26

I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that you shall all quickly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live in it for any length of time but shall be utterly wiped out.

Judges 6:10

And I said to you: I, the Lord, am your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are dwelling. But you did not listen to me.