Zephaniah 3:7

New American Bible - revised edition

I said, “Surely now you will fear me, you will accept correction; They cannot fail to see all I have brought upon them.” Yet the more eagerly they have done all their corrupt deeds.

Cross References

Genesis 6:12

When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the Assyrian king; they captured Manasseh with hooks, shackled him with chains, and transported him to Babylon.

Job 36:10

He opens their ears to correction and tells them to turn back from evil.

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and show you the way you should walk, give you counsel with my eye upon you.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may eventually become wise.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could be done for my vineyard that I did not do? Why, when I waited for the crop of grapes, did it yield rotten grapes?

Isaiah 63:8

He said: “They are indeed my people, children who are not disloyal.” So he became their savior

Jeremiah 17:23

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

Jeremiah 25:5

to this message: Turn back, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil deeds; then you shall remain in the land which the Lord gave you and your ancestors, from of old and forever.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps, if the house of Judah hears all the evil I have in mind to do to them, so that all of them turn from their evil way, then I can forgive their wickedness and their sin.

Jeremiah 38:17

Jeremiah then said to Zedekiah: “Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will only surrender to the princes of Babylon’s king, you shall save your life; this city shall not be destroyed by fire, and you and your household shall live.

Jeremiah 6:8

Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will be estranged from you, And I will turn you into a wilderness, a land where no one dwells.

Jeremiah 7:7

only then will I let you continue to dwell in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors long ago and forever.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened closely: they speak what is not true; No one regrets wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone keeps on running their course, like a horse dashing into battle.

Hosea 9:9

They have sunk to the depths of corruption, as in the days of Gibeah; God will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Zephaniah 3:2

It listens to no voice, accepts no correction; In the Lord it has not trusted, nor drawn near to its God.

Deuteronomy 4:16

not to act corruptly by fashioning an idol for yourselves to represent any figure, whether it be the form of a man or of a woman,

1 Timothy 1:5

The aim of this instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.