Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 2:7
I brought them into a fertile land, to enjoy its harvests and its other good things. But instead they ruined my land; they defiled the country I had given them.
Jeremiah 3:25
We should lie down in shame and let our disgrace cover us. We and our ancestors have always sinned against the LORD our God; we have never obeyed his commands."
Jeremiah 7:22-26
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I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices when I brought them out of Egypt.
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But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.
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But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.
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From the day that your ancestors came out of Egypt until this very day I have kept on sending to you my servants, the prophets.
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Yet no one listened or paid any attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 9:7-12
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"Never forget how you made the LORD your God angry in the desert. From the day that you left Egypt until the day you arrived here, you have rebelled against him.
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Even at Mount Sinai you made the LORD angry---angry enough to destroy you.
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I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets on which was written the covenant that the LORD had made with you. I stayed there forty days and nights and did not eat or drink anything.
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Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written with his own hand what he had said to you from the fire on the day that you were gathered there at the mountain.
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Yes, after those forty days and nights the LORD gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written the covenant.
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"Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down the mountain at once, because your people, whom you led out of Egypt, have become corrupt and have done evil. They have already turned away from what I commanded them to do, and they have made an idol for themselves.'
Deuteronomy 9:22-24
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"You also made the LORD your God angry when you were at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.
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And when he sent you from Kadesh Barnea with orders to go and take possession of the land that he was giving you, you rebelled against him; you did not trust him or obey him.
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Ever since I have known you, you have rebelled against the LORD.
2 Kings 17:9-20
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The Israelites did things that the LORD their God disapproved of. They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city.
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On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,
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and they burned incense on all the pagan altars, following the practice of the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land. They aroused the LORD's anger with all their wicked deeds
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and disobeyed the LORD's command not to worship idols.
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The LORD had sent his messengers and prophets to warn Israel and Judah: "Abandon your evil ways and obey my commands, which are contained in the Law I gave to your ancestors and which I handed on to you through my servants the prophets."
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But they would not obey; they were stubborn like their ancestors, who had not trusted in the LORD their God.
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They refused to obey his instructions, they did not keep the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they disregarded his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves, and they followed the customs of the surrounding nations, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.
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They broke all the laws of the LORD their God and made two metal bull-calves to worship; they also made an image of the goddess Asherah, worshiped the stars, and served the god Baal.
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They sacrificed their sons and daughters as burnt offerings to pagan gods; they consulted mediums and fortunetellers, and they devoted themselves completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight, and so aroused his anger.
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The LORD was angry with the Israelites and banished them from his sight, leaving only the kingdom of Judah.
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But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the LORD their God; they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel.
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The LORD rejected all the Israelites, punishing them and handing them over to cruel enemies until at last he had banished them from his sight.
Nehemiah 9:16-37
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But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
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They refused to obey; they forgot all you did; they forgot the miracles you had performed. In their pride they chose a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives; you are gracious and loving, slow to be angry. Your mercy is great; you did not forsake them.
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They made an idol in the shape of a bull-calf and said it was the god who led them from Egypt! How much they insulted you, LORD!
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But you did not abandon them there in the desert, for your mercy is great. You did not take away the cloud or the fire that showed them the path by day and night.
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In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
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Through forty years in the desert you provided all that they needed; their clothing never wore out, and their feet were not swollen with pain.
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"You let them conquer nations and kingdoms, lands that bordered their own. They conquered the land of Heshbon, where Sihon ruled, and the land of Bashan, where Og was king.
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You gave them as many children as there are stars in the sky, and let them conquer and live in the land that you had promised their ancestors to give them.
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They conquered the land of Canaan; you overcame the people living there. You gave your people the power to do as they pleased with the people and kings of Canaan.
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Your people captured fortified cities, fertile land, houses full of wealth, cisterns already dug, olive trees, fruit trees, and vineyards. They ate all they wanted and grew fat; they enjoyed all the good things you gave them.
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"But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,
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so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.
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When peace returned, they sinned again, and again you let their enemies conquer them. Yet when they repented and asked you to save them, in heaven you heard, and time after time you rescued them in your great mercy.
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You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.
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Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.
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And yet, because your mercy is great, you did not forsake or destroy them. You are a gracious and merciful God!
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"O God, our God, how great you are! How terrifying, how powerful! You faithfully keep your covenant promises. From the time when Assyrian kings oppressed us, even till now, how much we have suffered! Our kings, our leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors, and all our people have suffered. Remember how much we have suffered!
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You have done right to punish us; you have been faithful, even though we have sinned.
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Our ancestors, our kings, leaders, and priests have not kept your Law. They did not listen to your commands and warnings.
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With your blessing, kings ruled your people when they lived in the broad, fertile land you gave them; but they failed to turn from sin and serve you.
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And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us, this fertile land which gives us food.
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What the land produces goes to the kings that you put over us because we sinned. They do as they please with us and our livestock, and we are in deep distress!"
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned as our ancestors did; we have been wicked and evil.
Psalm 106:7
Our ancestors in Egypt did not understand God's wonderful acts; they forgot the many times he showed them his love, and they rebelled against the Almighty at the Red Sea.
Isaiah 63:10
but they rebelled against him and made his holy spirit sad. So the LORD became their enemy and fought against them.
Ezekiel 16:15-22
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"But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along.
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You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.
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You took the silver and gold jewelry that I had given you, used it to make male images, and committed adultery with them.
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You took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you.
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I gave you food---the best flour, olive oil, and honey---but you offered it as a sacrifice to win the favor of idols." This is what the Sovereign LORD says.
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"Then you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me,
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without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?
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During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood---when you were naked, squirming in your own blood."
Ezekiel 20:8
But they defied me and refused to listen. They did not throw away their disgusting idols or give up the Egyptian gods. I was ready to let them feel the full force of my anger there in Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:28
I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings.
Ezekiel 23:43
And I said to myself that they were using as a prostitute a woman worn out by adultery.
Ezekiel 23:44
They went back to these prostitutes again and again. They went back to Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women.
Acts 7:51-53
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"How stubborn you are!" Stephen went on to say. "How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to God's message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted the Holy Spirit!
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Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.
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You are the ones who received God's law, that was handed down by angels---yet you have not obeyed it!"
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Jeremiah 22:21
The LORD spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you refused to listen. That is what you've done all your life; you never would obey the LORD.
Genesis 8:21
The odor of the sacrifice pleased the LORD, and he said to himself, "Never again will I put the earth under a curse because of what people do; I know that from the time they are young their thoughts are evil. Never again will I destroy all living beings, as I have done this time.
Ezekiel 23:3
When they were young, living in Egypt, they lost their virginity and became prostitutes.