Deuteronomy 32:15

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Israel’s Rebellion But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

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  • Deut 31:20 : 20 For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors– one flowing with milk and honey– and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.
  • Ps 89:26 : 26 He will call out to me,‘You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.’
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!
  • Isa 1:4 : 4 Beware sinful nation, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the LORD, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.
  • Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
  • Deut 31:16 : 16 Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
  • Ps 95:1 : 1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the LORD! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!
  • Isa 44:2 : 2 This is what the LORD, the one who made you, says– the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.
  • Deut 33:5 : 5 The LORD was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.
  • Deut 33:26 : 26 General Praise and Blessing There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’
  • 2 Sam 22:47 : 47 The LORD is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!
  • Neh 9:25 : 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things– wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.
  • Job 15:27 : 27 Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
  • Ps 18:46 : 46 The LORD is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king!
  • Ps 73:7 : 7 Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
  • Jer 5:7 : 7 The LORD asked,“How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
  • Ps 119:70 : 70 Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.
  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill, 12 be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.
  • Deut 8:10-14 : 10 You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you. 11 Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. 12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
  • Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 76%

    13 He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

    14 butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.

  • 75%

    18 You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

    19 A Word of Judgment But the LORD took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.

  • 16 They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

  • Neh 9:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16 “But they– our ancestors– behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

    17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

    18 even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said,‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • 20 For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors– one flowing with milk and honey– and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

  • Exod 32:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

    8 They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”

  • Ps 78:30-31
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    30 They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

    31 when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • 6 When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

  • 69%

    37 He will say,“Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

    38 who ate the best of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise and help you; let them be your refuge!

  • Num 32:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 Now look, you are standing in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the LORD against the Israelites.

    15 For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”

  • 27 Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,

  • 10 For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

  • 6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.

  • 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • 14 In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the wastelands.

  • 29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’

  • 22 The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

  • 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

  • 3 But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.

  • 27 For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

  • 22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

  • 17 You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the LORD your God when he was leading you along the right path.

  • 19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”

  • 6 You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

  • Deut 9:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7 The History of Israel’s Stubbornness Remember– don’t ever forget– how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.

    8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

  • 12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:“You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

  • 7 I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

  • 26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

  • 1 Israel is Guilty of Fertility Cult Worship Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

  • 22 unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

  • 35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

  • 42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?

  • 25 The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • 18 how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.

  • 16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

  • 20 They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.

  • 15 They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • 19 Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • 12 They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods– the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.

  • 16 When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you!