Psalm 81:13

New International Reader's Version

“I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!

Cross References

Proverbs 1:31

So you will eat the fruit of the way you have lived. You will choke on the fruit of what you have planned.

Isaiah 48:18

I wish you would pay attention to my commands. If you did, peace would flow over you like a river. Godliness would sweep over you like the waves of the ocean.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones in order to kill those who are sent to you. Many times I have wanted to gather your people together. I have wanted to be like a hen who gathers her chicks under her wings. And you would not let me!

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise. Then they would understand what’s coming. They’d realize what would happen to them in the end.

Deuteronomy 5:29

But I wish they would always have respect for me in their hearts. I wish they would always obey all my commands. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.