Jeremiah 9:6

New International Reader's Version

Jeremiah, you live among people who tell lies. When they lie, they refuse to pay any attention to me,” announces the Lord.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:24

But you refuse to listen when I call out to you. No one pays attention when I reach out my hand.

Proverbs 1:29

You hated knowledge. You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.

Isaiah 1:25

I will turn my power against you. I will make you completely ‘clean.’ I will remove everything that is not pure.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its master. The donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand me.”

Isaiah 4:4

The Lord will wash away the sin of the women in Zion. He will clean up the blood that was spilled there. He will judge those who spilled that blood. His burning anger will blaze out at them.

Jeremiah 11:10

All of them have returned to the sins their people of long ago committed. Those people refused to listen to what I told them. And now the people of Israel and Judah alike have worshiped other gods and served them. They have broken the covenant I made with their people who lived before them.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Jeremiah 13:10

These people are evil. They refuse to listen to what I say. They do what their stubborn hearts want them to do. They chase after other gods. They serve them and worship them. So they will be like this belt. They will be completely useless.

Jeremiah 18:18

They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many people whispering, “There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

Jeremiah 5:27

A hunter uses tricks to fill his cage with birds. And my people have filled their houses with a lot of goods. They have become rich and powerful.

Jeremiah 8:5

Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me? Why do they always turn away? They keep on telling lies. They refuse to come back to me.

Hosea 11:8

The Lord continues, “People of Ephraim, how can I give you up? Israel, how can I hand you over to your enemies? Can I destroy you as I did the town of Admah? Can I treat you like Zeboyim? My heart is stirred inside me. It is filled with pity for you.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed because they do not know me. “You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third in the fire. I will make them as pure as silver. I will test them like gold. They will call out to me. And I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Romans 1:28

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

1 Corinthians 15:34

You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons were good for nothing. They didn’t honor the Lord.