Jeremiah 23:18

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For who has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has paid attention to His word and obeyed it?

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  • Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.
  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets.
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and demanded, 'Which way did the spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?'
  • 2 Chr 18:23 : 23 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. 'Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?' he asked.
  • Job 15:8-9 : 8 Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself? 9 What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us? 10 Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, men much older than your father.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor? 14 Whom did He consult, and who gave Him understanding? Who taught Him the path of justice, or showed Him knowledge, or instructed Him in the way of understanding?

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  • 22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.

  • 34Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

  • 23Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and pay attention for the time to come?

  • 21You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?'

  • 19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

  • Isa 28:22-23
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    22Now do not mock, or your chains will be even heavier, for I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

    23Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear my words.

  • 18Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O congregation, what is among them!

  • 15Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

  • 17They keep saying to those who despise the LORD, ‘The LORD says you will have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’

  • Isa 40:13-14
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    13Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?

    14Whom did He consult, and who gave Him understanding? Who taught Him the path of justice, or showed Him knowledge, or instructed Him in the way of understanding?

  • 8Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard your words.

  • 15Listen and pay attention! Do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken.

  • 18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • 15Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

  • 10To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.

  • Jer 9:12-13
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    12And the Lord said, 'It is because they have forsaken my law that I set before them; they have not obeyed My voice or walked according to it.'

    13Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • Isa 8:10-11
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    10Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.

    11For this is what the Lord said to me with a strong hand, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

  • 21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • 37Who can speak and have it come to pass, unless the Lord has decreed it?

  • 18The LORD revealed their plans to me, and I knew what they were plotting, for he showed me their deeds.

  • 37This is what you are to say to the prophet: 'What has the LORD answered you?' and 'What has the LORD spoken?'

  • 2Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

  • Jer 17:15-16
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    15Listen! They are saying to me, 'Where is the word of the LORD? Let it now be fulfilled!'

    16I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.

  • 7Nevertheless, listen now to this word I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people:

  • 17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • 3Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place?

  • 1The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

  • 17Listen carefully to my words and let my declaration enter your ears.

  • 2Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 28The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  • 17The LORD said to me, 'What they say is good.'

  • Jer 18:18-19
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    18Then they said, 'Come, let's devise plans against Jeremiah, for instruction won't vanish from the priest, counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let's attack him with our words, and let's not pay attention to anything he says.'

    19Listen to me, Lord! Hear what my accusers are saying!

  • 16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • 7Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you say, ‘Thus says the LORD,’ but I have not spoken?

  • 23The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 11From you, Nineveh, has come one who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

  • 35This is what each of you is to say to his neighbor and to his brother: 'What has the LORD answered?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'

  • 16'The oracle of one who hears the words of God and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees visions of the Almighty, who falls down, with eyes uncovered.'

  • 26Who has declared this from the beginning that we might know, or in advance that we might say ‘He is right’? No one proclaimed it, no one announced it, no one heard any words from you.

  • 18Yet it was He who filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • 6And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

  • 8Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Because you have not listened to my words—

  • 16Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD: