Isaiah 65:2

New Century Version

All day long I stood ready to accept people who turned against me, but the way they continue to live is not good; they do anything they want to do.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the human beings on the earth were very wicked and that everything they thought about was evil.

Psalm 36:4

At night they make evil plans; what they do leads to nothing good. They don’t refuse things that are evil.

Psalm 36:5

Lord, your love reaches to the heavens, your loyalty to the skies.

Proverbs 1:24

I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.

Proverbs 16:29

Cruel people trick their neighbors and lead them to do wrong.

Isaiah 1:2

Heaven and earth, listen, because the Lord is speaking: “I raised my children and helped them grow up, but they have turned against me.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord said, “How terrible it will be for these stubborn children. They make plans, but they don’t ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, without asking my Spirit. They are adding more and more sins to themselves.

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children who lie and refuse to obey; they refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 55:7

The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.

Isaiah 55:8

The Lord says, “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

Isaiah 66:18

“I know they have evil thoughts and do evil things, so I am coming to punish them. I will gather all nations and all people, and they will come together and see my glory.

Isaiah 66:3

But those people who kill bulls as a sacrifice to me are like those who kill people. Those who kill sheep as a sacrifice are like those who break the necks of dogs. Those who give me grain offerings are like those who offer me the blood of pigs. Those who burn incense are like those who worship idols. These people choose their own ways, not mine, and they love the terrible things they do.

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose their punishments, and I will punish them with what they fear most. This is because I called to them, but they did not listen. I spoke to them, but they did not hear me. They did things I said were evil; they chose to do things I did not like.”

Jeremiah 18:12

But the people of Judah will answer, ‘It won’t do any good to try! We will continue to do what we want. Each of us will do what his stubborn, evil heart wants!’ ”

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time people will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will come together in Jerusalem to show respect to the Lord. They will not follow their stubborn, evil hearts anymore.

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved. Don’t continue making evil plans.

Jeremiah 5:23

But the people of Judah are stubborn and have turned against me. They have turned aside and gone away from me.

Jeremiah 7:24

But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me. They were stubborn and did whatever their evil hearts wanted. They went backward, not forward.

Numbers 15:39

You will have these tassels to look at to remind you of all the Lord’s commands. Then you will obey them and not be disloyal by following what your bodies and eyes want.

Matthew 15:19

Out of the mind come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, lying, and speaking evil of others.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone to death those who are sent to you. Many times I wanted to gather your people as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you did not let me.

Luke 13:34

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone to death those who are sent to you. Many times I wanted to gather your people as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me.

Romans 10:21

But about Israel God says, “All day long I stood ready to accept people who disobey and are stubborn.”

Romans 2:5

But you are stubborn and refuse to change, so you are making your own punishment even greater on the day he shows his anger. On that day everyone will see God’s right judgments.

Deuteronomy 29:19

These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, “We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do.” Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.

Deuteronomy 31:27

I know how stubborn and disobedient you are. You have disobeyed the Lord while I am alive and with you, and you will disobey even more after I die!

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember this and do not forget it: You made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You would not obey the Lord from the day you left Egypt until you arrived here.