Jeremiah 42:6

New Living Translation

Whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.”

Cross References

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be!

Psalm 78:36

But all they gave him was lip service; they lied to him with their tongues.

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded. We will obey.”

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!

Jeremiah 22:15

But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king! Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink. But he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.

Jeremiah 43:4

So Johanan and the other military leaders and all the people refused to obey the Lord’s command to stay in Judah.

Jeremiah 7:23

This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!’

Romans 7:13

But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.

Romans 7:7

Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”

Romans 8:7

For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go yourself and listen to what the Lord our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.’

Deuteronomy 5:29

Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.

Deuteronomy 5:33

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow. Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

Joshua 24:24

The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him alone.”