Zephaniah 3:7

New International Version

Of Jerusalem I thought, ‘Surely you will fear me and accept correction!’ Then her place of refuge would not be destroyed, nor all my punishments come upon her. But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did.

Cross References

Hosea 9:9

They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

Zephaniah 3:2

She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.

Jeremiah 25:5

They said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 7:7

then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. None of them repent of their wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Each pursues their own course like a horse charging into battle.

Isaiah 63:8

He said, “Surely they are my people, children who will be true to me”; and so he became their Savior.

Isaiah 5:4

What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

Deuteronomy 4:16

so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,

Genesis 6:12

God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

Job 36:10

He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Jeremiah 6:8

Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.”

Jeremiah 17:23

Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.