Jeremiah 17:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

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  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
  • Jer 19:15 : 15 `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!'
  • Jer 11:10 : 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 `Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
  • Jer 32:33 : 33 And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.
  • Ezek 20:21 : 21 And -- the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed -- to do them, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness.
  • Zeph 3:7 : 7 I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 11 And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing. 12 And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
  • Jer 7:24-26 : 24 And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward. 25 Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending, 26 And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.
  • Jer 7:28 : 28 And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.
  • Jer 6:8 : 8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
  • Prov 1:3 : 3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
  • Prov 5:12 : 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
  • John 3:19-21 : 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; 20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected; 21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'
  • Jer 35:15 : 15 And I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 And -- rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have despised, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
  • Ezek 20:16 : 16 Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going.
  • Jer 16:11-12 : 11 Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept, 12 Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

    15and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;

  • Zech 7:11-13
    3 verses
    85%

    11And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

    12And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

    13And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

  • Jer 7:26-28
    3 verses
    84%

    26And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

    27And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

    28And thou hast said unto them: This `is' the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

  • Jer 11:8
    81%

    8And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.'

  • Neh 9:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

    17yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

  • Jer 7:24
    80%

    24And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

  • Jer 44:5
    79%

    5and they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, to turn back from their wickedness, not to make perfume to other gods,

  • Neh 9:29
    79%

    29and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

  • 2 Kgs 17:40
    78%

    40and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing,

  • Ezek 3:7
    77%

    7but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

  • Jer 32:33
    76%

    33And they turn unto Me the neck, and not the face, and teaching them, rising early and teaching, and they are not hearkening to accept instruction.

  • Jer 17:24
    76%

    24And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work --

  • Jer 19:15
    75%

    15`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!'

  • Prov 5:13
    75%

    13And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
    74%

    12because that they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and transgress His covenant -- all that He commanded Moses, servant of Jehovah -- yea, they have not hearkened nor done `it'.

  • Jer 44:10
    74%

    10They have not been humbled unto this day, nor have they been afraid, nor have they walked in My law, and in My statutes, that I have set before you and before your fathers.

  • Jer 6:17
    74%

    17And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'

  • 2 Chr 33:10
    74%

    10And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,

  • Lev 26:14
    74%

    14`And if ye do not hearken to Me, and do not all these commands;

  • Jer 17:22
    73%

    22Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

  • Neh 9:26
    73%

    26`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

  • Jer 11:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

    11Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them.

  • Judg 2:17
    73%

    17and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside `with' haste out of the way `in' which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so.

  • Jer 9:13
    73%

    13And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    73%

    19And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

  • Jer 6:10
    73%

    10To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

  • Jer 29:19
    73%

    19Because that they have not hearkened unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Jer 25:7
    73%

    7And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you.

  • Jer 35:13
    72%

    13`Go, and thou hast said to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Do ye not receive instruction? -- to hearken unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Ps 81:11
    72%

    11But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

  • Zech 1:4
    72%

    4Ye shall not be as your fathers, To whom the former prophets called, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Turn back I pray you, From your evil ways and from your evil doings, And they did not hearken, Nor attend to Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Jer 35:17
    72%

    17therefore thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto Judah, and unto all inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I have spoken unto them, and they have not hearkened, yea, I call to them, and they have not answered.'

  • Prov 1:30
    72%

    30They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

  • Jer 43:4
    72%

    4And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, and all the people, have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah;

  • Jer 37:2
    72%

    2and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

  • Isa 30:9
    72%

    9That a rebellious people `is' this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.

  • Jer 32:23
    72%

    23And they come in, and possess it, and they have not hearkened to Thy voice, and in Thy law have not walked, all that which Thou didst lay a charge on them to do they have not done, and Thou dost proclaim `to' them all this evil.

  • Jer 22:21
    72%

    21I have spoken unto thee in thine ease, Thou hast said, `I do not hearken,' This `is' thy way from thy youth, For thou hast not hearkened to My voice.

  • Isa 28:12
    72%

    12Unto whom He hath said, `This `is' the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,

  • Job 34:27
    72%

    27Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

  • Jer 5:21
    72%

    21Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.