Jeremiah 18:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

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  • Jer 2:25 : 25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
  • Jer 7:24 : 24 But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
  • Jer 16:12 : 12 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
  • Jer 3:17 : 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
  • Jer 11:8 : 8 Yet they didn't obey, nor turn their ear, but walked everyone in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they didn't do them.
  • 2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
  • Jer 23:17 : 17 They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.
  • Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
  • Luke 1:51 : 51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

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    12and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:

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    24But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

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    17They say continually to those who despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.

  • Jer 9:13-14
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    13Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

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    10This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.

  • Isa 59:7-8
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

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    8You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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    12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.

  • Prov 1:31
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    31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.

  • Jer 5:23
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    23But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 16:9
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    9A man's heart plans his course, But Yahweh directs his steps.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21There are many plans in a man's heart, But Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But Yahweh weighs the hearts.

  • Jer 2:25
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    25Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

  • Jer 5:12
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    12They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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    21But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Jer 6:16
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    16Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].

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    10Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:

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    18Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps strayed from your path,

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    17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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    13Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

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    3Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, From which you will not remove your necks, Neither will you walk haughtily; For it is an evil time.

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    5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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    12There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.

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    5Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Jer 6:19
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    19Hear, earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, But joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.

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    16For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

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    18They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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    11There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

  • Rom 3:12
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    12They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, No, not, so much as one."

  • Hos 5:4
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    4Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; For the spirit of prostitution is within them, And they don't know Yahweh.

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    15We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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    3Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

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    13transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

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    16Destruction and misery are in their ways.

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    14You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Hosts?

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    11My days are past, my plans are broken off, As are the thoughts of my heart.

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    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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    3It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.