Bible Cross References
Should ye not hear the words
Isaiah 55:3
"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.
Isaiah 55:6
Turn to the LORD and pray to him, now that he is near.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked leave their way of life and change their way of thinking. Let them turn to the LORD, our God; he is merciful and quick to forgive.
cried
Zechariah 1:3-6
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but now I say to you, 'Return to me, and I will return to you.
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Do not be like your ancestors. Long ago the prophets gave them my message, telling them not to live evil, sinful lives any longer. But they would not listen to me or obey me.
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Your ancestors and those prophets are no longer alive.
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Through my servants the prophets I gave your ancestors commands and warnings, but they disregarded them and suffered the consequences. Then they repented and acknowledged that I, the LORD Almighty, had punished them as they deserved and as I had determined to do.' "
Isaiah 1:16-20
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Wash yourselves clean. Stop all this evil that I see you doing. Yes, stop doing evil
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and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."
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The LORD says, "Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.
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If you will only obey me, you will eat the good things the land produces.
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But if you defy me, you are doomed to die. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 7:5
"Change the way you are living and stop doing the things you are doing. Be fair in your treatment of one another.
Jeremiah 7:23
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.
Jeremiah 36:2
"Get a scroll and write on it everything that I have told you about Israel and Judah and all the nations. Write everything that I have told you from the time I first spoke to you, when Josiah was king, up to the present.
Jeremiah 36:3
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the destruction that I intend to bring on them, they will turn from their evil ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins."
Ezekiel 18:30-32
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"Now I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you Israelites that I will judge each of you by what you have done. Turn away from all the evil you are doing, and don't let your sin destroy you.
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Give up all the evil you have been doing, and get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?
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I do not want anyone to die," says the Sovereign LORD. "Turn away from your sins and live."
Daniel 9:6-14
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We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and our whole nation.
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You, Lord, always do what is right, but we have always brought disgrace on ourselves. This is true of all of us who live in Judea and in Jerusalem and of all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far because they were unfaithful to you.
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Our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors have acted shamefully and sinned against you, Lord.
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You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.
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We did not listen to you, O LORD our God, when you told us to live according to the laws which you gave us through your servants the prophets.
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All Israel broke your laws and refused to listen to what you said. We sinned against you, and so you brought on us the curses that are written in the Law of Moses, your servant.
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You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,
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giving us all the punishment described in the Law of Moses. But even now, O LORD our God, we have not tried to please you by turning from our sins or by following your truth.
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You, O LORD our God, were prepared to punish us, and you did, because you always do what is right, and we did not listen to you.
Hosea 14:1-3
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Return to the LORD your God, people of Israel. Your sin has made you stumble and fall.
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Return to the LORD, and let this prayer be your offering to him: "Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.
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Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O LORD, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to."
Amos 5:14
Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty really will be with you, as you claim he is.
Amos 5:15
Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the LORD will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.
Micah 6:6-8
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What shall I bring to the LORD, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to him?
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Will the LORD be pleased if I bring him thousands of sheep or endless streams of olive oil? Shall I offer him my first-born child to pay for my sins?
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No, the LORD has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.
Zephaniah 2:1-3
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Shameless nation, come to your senses
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before you are driven away like chaff blown by the wind, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day when he shows his fury.
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Turn to the LORD, all you humble people of the land, who obey his commands. Do what is right, and humble yourselves before the LORD. Perhaps you will escape punishment on the day when the LORD shows his anger.
the south
Deuteronomy 34:3
the southern part of Judah; and the plain that reaches from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.
Jeremiah 17:26
People will come from the towns of Judah and from the villages around Jerusalem; they will come from the territory of Benjamin, from the foothills, from the mountains, and from southern Judah. They will bring to my Temple burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, as well as thank offerings.
Jeremiah 32:44
People will buy them, and the deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will take place in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah, and in the towns in the hill country, in the foothills, and in southern Judah. I will restore the people to their land. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 33:13
In the towns in the hill country, in the foothills, and in southern Judah, in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, shepherds will once again count their sheep. I, the LORD, have spoken."