Jeremiah 18:12

New Century Version

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!’ ”

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.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord was pleased with these sacrifices and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of human beings. Their thoughts are evil even when they are young, but I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth as I did this time.

2 Kings 6:33

Elisha was still talking with the leaders when the messenger arrived. The king said, “This trouble has come from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Isaiah 57:10

You were tired from doing these things, but you never gave up. You found new strength, so you did not quit.

Isaiah 65:2

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.

Jeremiah 11:8

But your ancestors did not listen to me. They were stubborn and did what their own evil hearts wanted. So I made all the curses of this agreement come upon them. I commanded them to obey the agreement, but they did not.’ ”

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done even more evil than your ancestors. You are very stubborn and do only what you want to do; you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 2:25

Don’t run until your feet are bare or until your throat is dry. But you say, ‘It’s no use! I love those other gods, and I must chase them!’

Jeremiah 23:17

They say to those who hate me: ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’ They say to all those who are stubborn and do as they please: ‘Nothing bad will happen to you.’

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 44:17

We promised to make sacrifices to the Queen Goddess, and we will certainly do everything we promised. We will burn incense and pour out drink offerings to worship her, just as we, our ancestors, kings, and officers did in the past. All of us did these things in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were successful, and nothing bad happened to us.

Jeremiah 6:17

I set watchmen over you and told you, ‘Listen for the sound of the war trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

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.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Human, these bones are like all the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has gone. We are destroyed.’

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.

Luke 1:51

He has done mighty deeds by his power. He has scattered the people who are proud and think great things about themselves.

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.