Jeremiah 42:6

New Century Version

It does not matter if we like the message or not. We will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you. We will obey what he says so good things will happen to us.”

Cross References

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.

Psalm 78:36

But their words were false, and their tongues lied to him.

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the Book of the Agreement and read it so the people could hear him. And they said, “We will do everything that the Lord has said; we will obey.”

Isaiah 3:10

Tell those who do what is right that things will go well for them, because they will receive a reward for what they do.

Jeremiah 22:15

“Does having a lot of cedar in your house make you a great king? Your father was satisfied to have food and drink. He did what was right and fair, so everything went well for him.

Jeremiah 43:4

So Johanan, the army officers, and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in Judah.

Jeremiah 7:23

I also gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Do all that I command so that good things will happen to you.

Romans 7:13

Does this mean that something that is good brought death to me? No! Sin used something that is good to bring death to me. This happened so that I could see what sin is really like; the command was used to show that sin is very evil.

Romans 7:7

You might think I am saying that sin and the law are the same thing. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin meant. I would never have known what it means to want to take something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, “You must not want to take your neighbor’s things.”

Romans 8:7

When people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, they are against God, because they refuse to obey God’s law and really are not even able to obey God’s law.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Moses, you go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then you tell us what the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and obey.”

Deuteronomy 5:29

I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!

Deuteronomy 5:33

Live the way the Lord your God has commanded you so that you may live and have what is good and have a long life in the land you will take.

Joshua 24:24

Then the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him.”