Psalms 81:11

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But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

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  • Exod 32:1 : 1 And when the people saw that Moses was a long time coming down from the mountain, they all came to Aaron and said to him, Come, make us a god to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us up out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
  • Deut 32:18 : 18 You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
  • Prov 1:30 : 30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
  • Jer 2:11-13 : 11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit. 12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord. 13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.
  • Jer 7:23-24 : 23 But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you. 24 But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
  • Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs of praise. 13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

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    12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

    13 If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

  • Ps 81:8
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    8 Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

  • Hos 11:7
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    7 My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.

  • Jer 11:10-11
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    10 They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

    11 So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

  • Prov 1:30
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    30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

  • 2 Kgs 17:14
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    14 And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

  • Jer 11:8
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    8 But they gave no attention and did not give ear, but they went on, every man in the pride of his evil heart: so I sent on them all the curses in this agreement, which I gave them orders to keep, but they did not.

  • 2 Chr 33:10
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    10 And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

  • Jer 2:31
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    31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

  • Jer 22:21
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    21 My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.

  • Lev 26:14
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    14 But if you do not give ear to me, and do not keep all these my laws;

  • Jer 15:1
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    1 Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26 But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.

    27 And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

  • Prov 1:24-25
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    24 Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

    25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

  • Jer 13:11
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    11 For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

  • Jer 14:10-11
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    10 This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.

    11 And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.

  • 1 Sam 8:18-19
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    18 Then you will be crying out because of your king whom you have taken for yourselves; but the Lord will not give you an answer in that day.

    19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • Jer 11:14
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    14 And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.

  • Ezek 3:7
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    7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

  • Neh 9:16
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    16 But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

  • Zech 7:13
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    13 And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

  • Exod 6:9
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    9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

  • Jer 17:23
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    23 But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

  • Ps 50:7
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    7 Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.

  • Jer 29:19
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    19 Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

  • Isa 43:22
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    22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

  • Prov 5:13
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    13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

  • Zech 7:11
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    11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

  • 1 Sam 8:7
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    7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

  • Ezek 20:8
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    8 But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt.

  • Isa 9:13
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    13 But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.

  • Jer 44:5
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    5 But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
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    12 Because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord their God, but went against his agreement, even against everything ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and they did not give ear to it or do it.

  • Jer 7:24
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    24 But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11 For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • Exod 32:8
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    8 Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezek 14:11
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    11 So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

  • Judg 2:20
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    20 And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he said, Because this nation has not been true to my agreement which I made with their fathers, and has not given ear to my voice;

  • Isa 1:3
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    3 Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

  • Ps 106:25
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    25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

  • Deut 1:26
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    26 But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

  • Hos 9:17
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    17 My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.