Jeremiah 7:23

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Job 36:11

If they obey and serve him, the rest of their lives will be successful, and the rest of their years will be happy.

Psalm 119:3

They don’t do what is wrong; they follow his ways.

Psalm 40:6

You do not want sacrifices and offerings. But you have made a hole in my ear to show that my body and life are yours. You do not ask for burnt offerings and sacrifices to take away sins.

Psalm 81:13

I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.

Exodus 15:26

He said, “You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

Exodus 16:32

Then Moses said, “The Lord said, ‘Save two quarts of this food for your descendants. Then they can see the food I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

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 11:4

that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like a furnace for melting iron!’ I told them, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you. Then you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 11:7

I warned your ancestors to obey me when I brought them out of Egypt. I have warned them again and again to this very day: “Obey me!”

Jeremiah 13:11

As a belt is wrapped tightly around a person’s waist, I wrapped the families of Israel and Judah around me,” says the Lord. “I did that so they would be my people and bring fame, praise, and honor to me. But my people would not listen.

Jeremiah 22:21

Judah, when you were successful, I warned you, but you said, ‘I won’t listen.’ You have acted like this since you were young; you have not obeyed me.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Do what is fair and right. Save the one who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. Don’t mistreat or hurt the foreigners, orphans, or widows. Don’t kill innocent people here.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will make them want to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me with their whole hearts.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time,” says the Lord: “I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:23

They came into this land and took it for their own, but they did not obey you or follow your teachings. They did not do everything you commanded. So you made all these terrible things happen to them.

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah answered, “The Babylonians will not hand you over to the Jews. Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then things will go well for you, and your life will be saved.

Jeremiah 42:6

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.”

Zephaniah 3:2

It obeys no voice; it can’t be taught to do right. It doesn’t trust the Lord; it doesn’t worship its God.

Zechariah 6:15

People living far away will come and build the Temple of the Lord. Then you will know the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you. This will happen if you completely obey the Lord your God.”

Zechariah 7:7

The Lord used the earlier prophets to say the same thing, when Jerusalem and the surrounding towns were at peace and wealthy, and people lived in the southern area and the western hills.’ ”

Romans 16:26

It has been made clear through the writings of the prophets. And by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations that they might believe and obey.

2 Corinthians 10:5

and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

Deuteronomy 11:27

You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 13:4

Serve only the Lord your God. Respect him, keep his commands, and obey him. Serve him and be loyal to him.

Deuteronomy 13:5

The prophets or dreamers must be killed, because they said you should turn against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and saved you from the land where you were slaves. They tried to turn you from doing what the Lord your God commanded you to do. You must get rid of the evil among you.

Deuteronomy 30:2

Then you and your children will return to the Lord your God, and you will obey him with your whole being in everything I am commanding you today.

Deuteronomy 30:20

To choose life is to love the Lord your God, obey him, and stay close to him. He is your life, and he will let you live many years in the land, the land he promised to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 30:8

And you will again obey the Lord, keeping all his commands that I give you today.

Deuteronomy 4:10

Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Mount Sinai. He said to me, “Bring the people together so I can tell them what I have to say. Then they will respect me as long as they live in the land, and they will teach these things to their children.”

Deuteronomy 4:40

Obey his laws and commands that I am giving you today so that things will go well for you and your children. Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you forever.

Deuteronomy 5:16

“Honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God has commanded you. Then you will live a long time, and things will go well for you in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.

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.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Listen, Israel, and carefully obey these laws. Then all will go well for you, and you will become a great nation in a fertile land, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you.

Hebrews 5:9

And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.