Bible Cross References
spare
Isaiah 56:10
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!
Psalm 40:9
In the assembly of all your people, LORD, I told the good news that you save us. You know that I will never stop telling it.
Psalm 40:10
I have not kept the news of salvation to myself; I have always spoken of your faithfulness and help. In the assembly of all your people I have not been silent about your loyalty and constant love.
Jeremiah 1:7-10
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But the LORD said to me, "Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say.
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Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
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Then the LORD reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, "Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak.
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Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
Jeremiah 1:17-19
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Get ready, Jeremiah; go and tell them everything I command you to say. Do not be afraid of them now, or I will make you even more afraid when you are with them.
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Listen, Jeremiah! Everyone in this land---the kings of Judah, the officials, the priests, and the people---will be against you. But today I am giving you the strength to resist them; you will be like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 7:8-11
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"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
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You steal, murder, commit adultery, tell lies under oath, offer sacrifices to Baal, and worship gods that you had not known before.
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You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, 'We are safe!'
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Do you think that my Temple is a hiding place for robbers? I have seen what you are doing.
Jeremiah 15:19
To this the LORD replied, "If you return, I will take you back, and you will be my servant again. If instead of talking nonsense you proclaim a worthwhile message, you will be my prophet again. The people will come back to you, and you will not need to go to them.
Jeremiah 15:20
I will make you like a solid bronze wall as far as they are concerned. They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you. I will be with you to protect you and keep you safe.
Ezekiel 2:3-8
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"Mortal man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They have rebelled and turned against me and are still rebels, just as their ancestors were.
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They are stubborn and do not respect me, so I am sending you to tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them.
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Whether those rebels listen to you or not, they will know that a prophet has been among them.
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"But you, mortal man, must not be afraid of them or of anything they say. They will defy and despise you; it will be like living among scorpions. Still, don't be afraid of those rebels or of anything they say.
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You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.
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"Mortal man, listen to what I tell you. Don't be rebellious like them. Open your mouth and eat what I am going to give you."
Ezekiel 3:5-9
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I am not sending you to a nation that speaks a difficult foreign language, but to the Israelites.
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If I sent you to great nations that spoke difficult languages you didn't understand, they would listen to you.
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But none of the people of Israel will be willing to listen; they will not even listen to me. All of them are stubborn and defiant.
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Now I will make you as stubborn and as tough as they are.
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I will make you as firm as a rock, as hard as a diamond; don't be afraid of those rebels."
Ezekiel 3:17-21
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"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you.
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If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
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If you do warn an evil man and he doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be spared.
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"If someone truly good starts doing evil and I put him in a dangerous situation, he will die if you do not warn him. He will die because of his sins---I will not remember the good he did---and I will hold you responsible for his death.
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If you do warn a good man not to sin and he listens to you and doesn't sin, he will stay alive, and your life will also be spared."
Ezekiel 20:4
"Are you ready to pass sentence on them, mortal man? Then do so. Remind them of the disgusting things their ancestors did.
Ezekiel 22:2
"Mortal man," he said, "are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done.
Micah 3:8-12
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But as for me, the LORD fills me with his spirit and power, and gives me a sense of justice and the courage to tell the people of Israel what their sins are.
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Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
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You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
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The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
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And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
Matthew 3:7-9
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When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, "You snakes---who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?
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Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.
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And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
Acts 7:51
"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!
Acts 7:52
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.
Acts 20:26
So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.
Acts 20:27
For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
Titus 2:15
Teach these things and use your full authority as you encourage and rebuke your hearers. Let none of them look down on you.
Revelation 14:9
A third angel followed the first two, saying in a loud voice, "Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand
Revelation 14:10
will themselves drink God's wine, the wine of his fury, which he has poured at full strength into the cup of his anger! All who do this will be tormented in fire and sulfur before the holy angels and the Lamb.
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Isaiah 40:9
Jerusalem, go up on a high mountain and proclaim the good news! Call out with a loud voice, Zion; announce the good news! Speak out and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah that their God is coming!
Isaiah 40:10
The Sovereign LORD is coming to rule with power, bringing with him the people he has rescued.
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Isaiah 27:13
When that day comes, a trumpet will be blown to call back from Assyria and Egypt all the Israelites who are in exile there. They will come and worship the LORD in Jerusalem, on his sacred hill.
Hosea 8:1
The LORD says, "Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! My people have broken the covenant I made with them and have rebelled against my teaching.
Revelation 1:10
On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and I heard a loud voice, that sounded like a trumpet, speaking behind me.
Revelation 4:1
At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven. And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."