Psalms 81:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:29 : 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
  • Isa 48:18 : 18 If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it, 42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
  • Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul, 13 Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?
  • Deut 32:29 : 29 If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 81:11-12
    2 verses
    83%

    11But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

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

  • Ps 81:14
    79%

    14I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

  • Ps 81:8
    78%

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

  • Jer 23:22
    75%

    22But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

  • Jer 9:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13And 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;

    14But they have been walking in the pride of their hearts, going after the Baals, as their fathers gave them teaching.

  • Jer 7:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23But 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.

    24But 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.

  • Ps 119:5
    74%

    5If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

  • Deut 5:29
    73%

    29If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

  • Hos 11:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 78:1
    73%

    1<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:32
    73%

    32Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

  • Isa 48:18
    72%

    18If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  • Heb 3:10
    71%

    10So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

  • Isa 8:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 95:10
    70%

    10For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;

  • Jer 26:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3It may be that they will give ear, and that every man will be turned from his evil way, so that my purpose of sending evil on them because of the evil of their doings may be changed.

    4And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,

  • Jer 18:15
    70%

    15For my people have put me out of their memory, burning perfumes to that which is nothing; and because of this, I will put a cause of falling in their ways, even in the old roads, and will make them go on side-roads, in a way not lifted up;

  • Jer 2:31
    70%

    31O 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?

  • Ezek 20:13
    70%

    13But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.

  • Jer 18:10
    70%

    10If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.

  • Jer 11:8
    70%

    8But 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.

  • Deut 32:29
    70%

    29If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

  • Jer 11:10
    70%

    10They 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.

  • Ezek 11:20
    70%

    20So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

  • Ps 50:7
    70%

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

  • Jer 50:6
    70%

    6My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

  • Ezek 14:11
    70%

    11So 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.

  • Job 34:27
    69%

    27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Exod 32:8
    69%

    8Even 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.

  • Jer 14:10
    69%

    10This 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.

  • Lev 26:3
    69%

    3If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

  • Ps 89:31
    69%

    31If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;

  • Lev 26:14
    69%

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

  • 1 Kgs 11:33
    69%

    33Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

  • Hos 7:13
    69%

    13May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

  • 2 Kgs 21:8
    69%

    8And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

  • Lev 26:27
    69%

    27And if, after all this, you do not give ear to me, but go against me still,

  • Judg 2:20
    69%

    20And 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;

  • Ps 107:8
    69%

    8Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Jer 13:11
    69%

    11For 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.

  • Lev 26:23
    69%

    23And if by these things you will not be turned to me, but still go against me;

  • Isa 51:4
    69%

    4Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

  • Ezek 20:21
    69%

    21But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

  • Hos 14:1
    69%

    1Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

  • Jer 32:33
    68%

    33And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

  • Judg 5:9
    68%

    9Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.