Jeremiah 2:31

New King James Version

“O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

1 Corinthians 4:8

You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!

Micah 6:9

The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Hosea 13:6

When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?”

Psalm 10:4

The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the chief priest, from the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people; and what is left is this great abundance.”

Deuteronomy 31:20

When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

Jeremiah 2:20

“For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, ‘I will not transgress,’ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot.

Jeremiah 2:25

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’

Deuteronomy 32:18

Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that suddenly you seek to go to your own country?” So he answered, “Nothing, but do let me go anyway.”

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the Lord, The judgment of their God.” But these have altogether broken the yoke And burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them; A leopard will watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many; Their backslidings have increased.

Ezekiel 14:5

that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’