Psalm 81:12

New English Translation

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because they did not obey the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded.

Nehemiah 9:16

“But they – our ancestors – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

Job 8:4

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

Exodus 11:9

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Isaiah 30:1

“The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the Lord, “those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.

Isaiah 30:9

For these are rebellious people – they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law.

Isaiah 42:24

Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

Jeremiah 42:21

This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the Lord by doing what he sent me to tell you.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 9:17

My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.

Leviticus 26:14

“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments –

Acts 14:16

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

Acts 7:42

But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?

Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

1 Samuel 8:19

But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!