Jeremiah 23:22

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But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.

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  • Jer 23:18 : 18 Yet which of them has ever stood in the LORD’s inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?
  • Jer 25:5 : 5 He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.
  • Zech 1:4 : 4 “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying,‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,“Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the LORD.
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said,“Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.
  • Jer 36:3 : 3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.”
  • Ezek 2:7 : 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
  • Ezek 3:17 : 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.
  • Ezek 13:22 : 22 This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies(although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.
  • Ezek 18:30 : 30 “Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
  • Acts 26:18-20 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
  • 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 26:3-5
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    3Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.

    4Tell them that the LORD says,‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.

    5You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them.

  • Jer 23:21
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    21I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

  • Jer 18:10-11
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    10But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.

    11So now, tell the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem this: The LORD says,‘I am preparing to bring disaster on you! I am making plans to punish you. So, every one of you, stop the evil things you have been doing. Correct the way you have been living and do what is right.’

  • Ps 81:13
    75%

    13If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

  • Jer 29:19
    75%

    19For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ says the LORD.‘And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the LORD.

  • Jer 23:17-18
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    74%

    17They continually say to those who reject what the LORD has said,‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts,‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’

    18Yet which of them has ever stood in the LORD’s inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?

  • Jer 32:33
    73%

    33They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

  • Jer 7:23-24
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    73%

    23I also explicitly commanded them:“Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”

    24But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.

  • Jer 9:13
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    13The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

  • Zech 1:4
    72%

    4“Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying,‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,“Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 35:15
    71%

    15I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said,“Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.

  • Jer 11:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10They have gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors of old who refused to obey what I told them. They, too, have paid allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. Both the nation of Israel and the nation of Judah have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors.

    11So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

  • Job 34:27
    71%

    27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    71%

    19The LORD sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

  • Hos 7:13
    71%

    13Israel Has Turned Away from the Lord Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me.

  • Jer 11:8
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    8But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.’”

  • Prov 1:30
    71%

    30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

  • 2 Kgs 17:13
    71%

    13The LORD solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers,“Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.”

  • Jer 18:8
    70%

    8But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

  • Jer 35:17
    70%

    17So I, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say:“I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

  • Jer 26:13
    70%

    13But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the LORD your God. If you do, the LORD will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.

  • Jer 23:13
    70%

    13The LORD says,“I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.

  • Jer 15:19
    70%

    19Because of this, the LORD said,“You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.

  • Jer 1:16
    70%

    16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

  • Jer 32:23
    70%

    23But when they came in and took possession of it, they did not obey you or live as you had instructed them. They did not do anything that you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.

  • Jer 23:23
    70%

    23Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the LORD asks.

  • Jer 25:8
    70%

    8“Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘You have not listened to what I said.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    70%

    19“But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

  • Jer 6:19
    70%

    19Hear this, you peoples of the earth:‘Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.

  • Prov 1:25
    70%

    25and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

  • Lev 26:23
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    23“‘If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,

  • Zeph 3:7
    69%

    7I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

  • Jer 15:1
    69%

    1Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
    69%

    10So the LORD announced through his servants the prophets:

  • Jer 44:5
    69%

    5But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

  • Job 21:16
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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

  • Ps 81:11
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    11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

  • Ps 89:31
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    31if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

  • Jer 22:21
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    21While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said,“I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

  • Isa 8:20
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    20Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

  • Ezek 33:31
    69%

    31They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

  • Zech 1:6
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    6But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”

  • Job 22:18
    69%

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Jer 25:5
    69%

    5He said through them,‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession.