2 Kings 17:40

Geneva Bible (1560)

Howbeit they obeyed not, but did after their olde custome.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:28 : 28 And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.
  • 2 Kgs 17:8 : 8 And walked according to the facions of the Heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel, and after the maners of the Kings of Israel, which they vsed,
  • 2 Kgs 17:12 : 12 And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Vnto this day they doe after the olde maner: they neyther feare God, neyther doe after their ordinances, nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commaundement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakob, whom he named Israel,
  • Jer 13:23 : 23 Can the blacke More change his skin? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do euill.

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    41 So these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also: so did their children, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, so do they vnto this day.

  • 2 Kgs 17:14-15
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    14 Neuerthelesse they would not obey, but hardened their neckes, like to the neckes of their fathers, that did not beleeue in the Lorde their God.

    15 And they refused his statutes and his couenant, that he made with their fathers, & his testimonies (wherewith he witnessed vnto them) and they followed vanitie, and became vaine, and followed the heathen that were round about them: concerning whome the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

  • Judg 2:17
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    17 But yet they would not obey their Iudges: for they went a whoring after other gods, & worshipped them, & turned quickly out of the way, wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandements of the Lord: they did not so.

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    33 They feared the Lord, but serued their gods after the maner of the nations whome they caryed thence.

    34 Vnto this day they doe after the olde maner: they neyther feare God, neyther doe after their ordinances, nor after their customes, nor after the Lawe, nor after the commaundement, which the Lord commanded the children of Iaakob, whom he named Israel,

    35 And with whom the Lord had made a couenant, and charged them, saying, Feare none other gods, nor bowe your selues to them, nor serue them, nor sacrifice to them:

  • Jer 7:26-27
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    26 Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke & did worse then their fathers.

    27 Therefore shalt thou speake al these words vnto them, but they will not heare thee: thou shalt also crie vnto them, but they will not answere thee.

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    23 But they obeied not, neither inclined their eares, but made their neckes stiffe and would not heare, nor receiue correction.

  • Neh 9:16-17
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    16 But they and our fathers behaued them selues proudely, and hardened their neck, so that they hearkened not vnto thy commandements,

    17 But refused to obey, & would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

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    5 But they would not heare nor incline their eare to turne from their wickednes, and to burne no more incense vnto other gods.

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    24 But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.

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    12 And serued idoles: whereof the Lorde had sayd vnto them, Ye shal do no such thing,

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    13 And the Lorde sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeyed my voice, neither walked thereafter,

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