Bible Cross References
My people
Hosea 4:12
They ask for revelations from a piece of wood! A stick tells them what they want to know! They have left me. Like a woman who becomes a prostitute, they have given themselves to other gods.
Isaiah 1:3
Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all."
Isaiah 3:12
Moneylenders oppress my people, and their creditors cheat them. My people, your leaders are misleading you, so that you do not know which way to turn.
Isaiah 5:13
and so you will be carried away as prisoners. Your leaders will starve to death, and the common people will die of thirst.
Jeremiah 4:22
The LORD says, "My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good."
Jeremiah 8:7
Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
for
Hosea 4:1
The LORD has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: "There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.
Hosea 6:6
I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.
2 Chronicles 15:3
For a long time Israel lived without the true God, without priests to teach them, and without a law.
Job 36:12
But if not, they will die in ignorance and cross the stream into the world of the dead.
Proverbs 19:2
Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble.
Isaiah 27:11
The branches of the trees are withered and broken, and women gather them for firewood. Because the people have understood nothing, God their Creator will not pity them or show them any mercy.
Isaiah 45:20
The LORD says, "Come together, people of the nations, all who survive the fall of the empire; present yourselves for the trial! The people who parade with their idols of wood and pray to gods that cannot save them--- those people know nothing at all!
Jeremiah 5:3
Surely the LORD looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
Jeremiah 5:21
Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost.
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They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
5
For it is not ourselves that we preach; we preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
6
The God who said, "Out of darkness the light shall shine!" is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.
because
1 Samuel 2:12
The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the LORD
Proverbs 1:30-32
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You have never wanted my advice or paid any attention when I corrected you.
31
So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick.
32
Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.
Isaiah 28:7
Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them.
Isaiah 56:10-12
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He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!
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They are like greedy dogs that never get enough. These leaders have no understanding. They each do as they please and seek their own advantage.
12
'Let's get some wine,' these drunkards say, 'and drink all we can hold! Tomorrow will be even better than today!' "
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.
Jeremiah 8:8
How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.
Jeremiah 8:9
Your wise men are put to shame; they are confused and trapped. They have rejected my words; what wisdom do they have now?
Malachi 2:7
It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
Malachi 2:8
"But now you priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the covenant I made with you.
Matthew 23:16-26
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"How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, 'If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.'
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Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
18
You also teach, 'If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.'
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How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?
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So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;
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and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;
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and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.
23
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
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Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!
25
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.
26
Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!
I will also reject
Zechariah 11:8
I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.
Zechariah 11:9
Then I said to the flock, "I will not be your shepherd any longer. Let those die who are to die. Let those be destroyed who are to be destroyed. Those who are left will destroy one another."
Zechariah 11:15-17
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Then the LORD said to me, "Once again act the part of a shepherd, this time a worthless one.
16
I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs.
17
That worthless shepherd is doomed! He has abandoned his flock. War will totally destroy his power. His arm will wither, and his right eye will go blind."
Malachi 2:1-3
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The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "This command is for you:
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You must honor me by what you do. If you will not listen to what I say, then I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. In fact, I have already put a curse on them, because you do not take my command seriously.
3
I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice---and you will be taken out to the dung heap.
Malachi 2:9-3
Matthew 21:41-45
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"He will certainly kill those evil men," they answered, "and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time."
42
Jesus said to them, "Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say? 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all. This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!'
43
"And so I tell you," added Jesus, "the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits."
45
The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them,
Mark 12:8
So they grabbed the son and killed him and threw his body out of the vineyard.
Mark 12:9
"What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do?" asked Jesus. "He will come and kill those tenants and turn the vineyard over to others.
Luke 20:16-18
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"He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants." When the people heard this, they said, "Surely not!"
17
Jesus looked at them and asked, "What, then, does this scripture mean? 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.'
18
Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust."
seeing
Hosea 8:14
"The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities."
Hosea 13:6
But when you entered the good land, you became full and satisfied, and then you grew proud and forgot me.
2 Kings 17:16-20
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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.
17
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.
18
The LORD was angry with the Israelites and banished them from his sight, leaving only the kingdom of Judah.
19
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.
20
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.
Psalm 119:61
The wicked have laid a trap for me, but I do not forget your law.
Psalm 119:139
My anger burns in me like a fire, because my enemies disregard your commands.
Isaiah 17:10
Israel, you have forgotten the God who rescues you and protects you like a mighty rock. Instead, you plant sacred gardens in order to worship a foreign god.
Matthew 15:3-6
3
Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?
4
For God said, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and 'If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'
5
But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, 'This belongs to God,'
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they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.
Matthew 15:8
'These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.
Matthew 1:6
1 Samuel 2:28-36
28
From all the tribes of Israel I chose his family to be my priests, to serve at the altar, to burn the incense, and to wear the ephod to consult me. And I gave them the right to keep a share of the sacrifices burned on the altar.
29
Why, then, do you look with greed at the sacrifices and offerings which I require from my people? Why, Eli, do you honor your sons more than me by letting them fatten themselves on the best parts of all the sacrifices my people offer to me?
30
I, the LORD God of Israel, promised in the past that your family and your clan would serve me as priests for all time. But now I say that I won't have it any longer! Instead, I will honor those who honor me, and I will treat with contempt those who despise me.
31
Listen, the time is coming when I will kill all the young men in your family and your clan, so that no man in your family will live to be old.
32
You will be troubled and look with envy on all the blessings I will give to the other people of Israel, but no one in your family will ever again live to old age.
33
Yet I will keep one of your descendants alive, and he will serve me as priest. But he will become blind and lose all hope, and all your other descendants will die a violent death.
34
When your two sons Hophni and Phinehas both die on the same day, this will show you that everything I have said will come true.
35
I will choose a priest who will be faithful to me and do everything I want him to. I will give him descendants, who will always serve in the presence of my chosen king.
36
Any of your descendants who survive will have to go to that priest and ask him for money and food, and beg to be allowed to help the priests, in order to have something to eat."
1 Samuel 3:12-15
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On that day I will carry out all my threats against Eli's family, from beginning to end.
13
I have already told him that I am going to punish his family forever because his sons have spoken evil things against me. Eli knew they were doing this, but he did not stop them.
14
So I solemnly declare to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever be able to remove the consequences of this terrible sin."
15
Samuel stayed in bed until morning; then he got up and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.