Psalm 78:8

New International Reader's Version

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:14

But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.

2 Chronicles 12:14

Rehoboam did what was evil. That’s because he hadn’t worshiped the Lord with all his heart.

2 Chronicles 19:3

But there’s some good in you. You have removed all the poles in the land used to worship the female god named Asherah. And you have worshiped God with all your heart.”

2 Chronicles 20:33

But the high places weren’t removed. The people still hadn’t worshiped the God of Israel with all their hearts.

2 Chronicles 30:19

who wants to worship God with all their heart. God is the Lord, the God of their people. May God forgive them even if they aren’t ‘clean’ in keeping with the rules of the temple.”

2 Chronicles 30:7

Don’t be like your parents and the rest of your people. They weren’t faithful to the Lord, the God of their people. That’s why he punished them. He made them look so bad that everyone was shocked when they saw them. You can see it for yourselves.

Job 11:13

“So commit yourself to God completely. Reach out your hands to him for help.

Psalm 106:7

When our people were in Egypt, they forgot about the Lord’s miracles. They didn’t remember his many kind acts. At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.

Psalm 68:6

God gives lonely people a family. He sets prisoners free, and they go out singing. But those who refuse to obey him live in a land that is baked by the sun.

Psalm 78:37

They turned away from him. They weren’t faithful to the covenant he had made with them.

Psalm 78:40

How often they refused to obey him in the desert! How often they caused him sorrow in that dry and empty land!

Psalm 78:56

But they tested God. They refused to obey the Most High God. They didn’t keep his laws.

Exodus 32:9

“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses. “They are stubborn.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to the land that has plenty of milk and honey. But I will not go with you. You are stubborn. I might destroy you on the way.”

Exodus 33:5

The Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are stubborn. If I went with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your jewelry. Then I will decide what to do with you.’ ”

Exodus 34:9

“Lord,” he said, “if you are pleased with me, then go with us. Even though these people are stubborn, forgive the evil things we have done. Forgive our sin. And accept us as your people.”

Isaiah 30:9

That’s because these people of Judah refuse to obey me. They are children who tell lies. They will not listen to what I want to teach them.

Ezekiel 20:18

I spoke to their children there. I said, ‘Do not follow the rules your parents gave you. Do not obey their laws. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by worshiping their gods.

Ezekiel 20:8

“ ‘ “But they refused to obey me. They would not listen to me. They did not get rid of the evil gods they worshiped. And they did not turn away from Egypt’s gods. So I said I would pour out all my great anger on them in Egypt.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad. He told them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.

Acts 7:51

“You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!

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!

Deuteronomy 4:4

But all of you who remained true to the Lord your God are still alive today.

Deuteronomy 9:13

The Lord also said to me, “I have seen these people. They are so stubborn!

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have been refusing to obey the Lord as long as I’ve known you.

Joshua 22:15

Those leaders went to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. Those tribes were in the land of Gilead. The leaders said to them,

1 Samuel 8:8

They are doing just as they have always done. They have deserted me and served other gods. They have done that from the time I brought them up out of Egypt until this day. Now they are deserting you too.