Jeremiah 5:23

New International Reader's Version

But you people have stubborn hearts. You refuse to obey me. You have turned away from me. You have gone astray.

Cross References

Psalm 78:8

They would not be like their people who lived long ago. Those people were stubborn. They refused to obey God. They turned away from him. Their spirits were not faithful to him.

Psalm 95:10

For 40 years I was angry with them. I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray. They do not know how I want them to live.’

Isaiah 1:5

Israel, why do you want to be beaten all the time? Why do you always refuse to obey the Lord? Your head is covered with wounds. Your whole heart is weak.

Isaiah 31:6

People of Israel, return to the Lord. He’s the God you have so strongly opposed.

Jeremiah 17:9

A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can’t be healed. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 4:17

It will surround them like people who guard a field. Judah has refused to obey me,’ ” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:5

So I will go to the leaders. I’ll speak to them. They should know how the Lord wants them to live. They must know what their God requires of them.” But all of them had broken off the yoke the Lord had put on them. They had torn off the ropes he had tied them up with.

Jeremiah 6:28

All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.

Hosea 11:7

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. Even if they call me the Most High God, I will certainly not honor them.”

Hosea 4:8

They live off the sins of my people. And they want them to keep on sinning.

Zephaniah 3:1

How terrible it will be for Jerusalem! Its people crush others. They refuse to obey the Lord. They are “unclean.”

Deuteronomy 21:18

Suppose someone has a very stubborn son. He doesn’t obey his father and mother. And he won’t listen to them when they try to correct him.

Deuteronomy 31:27

I know how you refuse to obey the Lord. I know how stubborn you are. You have refused to obey him while I’ve been living among you. So you will certainly refuse to obey him after I’m dead!

Hebrews 3:12

Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God.