Bible Cross References
If a man
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
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And if anyone should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favor before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a certificate of divorce, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.
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And [if] she should go away and be married to another man;
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and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a certificate of divorce, and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;
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the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord your God, and you shall not defile the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.
shall not that
Jeremiah 3:9
And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.
Jeremiah 2:7
And I brought you to Carmel, that you should eat the fruits thereof, and the goods thereof; and you went in, and defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination.
Leviticus 18:24-28
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Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drove out before you,
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and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.
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And you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:
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(for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)
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and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.
Isaiah 24:5
And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, [even] the everlasting covenant.
Micah 2:10
Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest because of uncleanness: you have been utterly destroyed;
but thou hast
Jeremiah 2:20
For of old you have broken your yoke, and plucked asunder your bands; and you have said, I will not serve You, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.
Jeremiah 2:23
How will you say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? Behold your ways in the burial ground, and know what you have done: her voice has howled in the evening;
Deuteronomy 22:21
then shall they bring out the young woman to the doors of her father's house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by harlotry: so you shall remove the evil one from among you.
Judges 19:2
And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethlehem Judah, and she was there four months.
Ezekiel 16:26
And you went a-whoring after the children of Egypt your neighbors, great of flesh; and went a-whoring, often to provoke Me to anger.
Ezekiel 16:28
And you went a-whoring to the daughters of Assyria, and not even then were you satisfied; yea, you went a-whoring, and were not satisfied.
Ezekiel 16:29
And you multiplied your covenants with the land of the Chaldeans; and not even with these were you satisfied.
Ezekiel 23:4-49
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And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they were Mine, and bore sons and daughters: and [as for] their names, Samaria was Oholah, and Jerusalem was Oholibah.
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And Oholah went a-whoring from Me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors,
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clothed with purple, princes and captains; [they were] young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses.
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And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whomsoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all [their] devices.
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And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her.
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Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
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They uncovered her shame; they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword; and she became a byword among women; and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.
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And her sister Oholibah saw [it], and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.
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She doted upon the sons of the Assyrian, princes and captains, her neighbors, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; [they were] all choice young men.
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And I saw that they were defiled, [that] the two [had] one way.
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And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil,
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having variegated belts on their loins, having also richly dyed [turbans] upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land.
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And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans.
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And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.
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And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame. And My soul was alienated from her, even as My soul was alienated from her sister.
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And you multiplied your fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of your youth, in which you committed harlotry in Egypt,
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and you doted upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and their members [as] the members of horses.
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And you looked upon the iniquity of your youth, [the things] which you did in Egypt in your lodgings, where were the breasts of your youth.
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Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord: Behold, I [will] stir up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them upon you round about,
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the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.
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And they all shall come upon you from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and [the enemy] shall set a watch against you round about;and I will set judgment before them, and they shall take vengeance on you with their judgements.
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And I will bring upon you My jealousy, and they shall deal with you in great wrath. They shall take away your nose and your ears, and shall cast down your remnant with the sword. They shall take your sons and your daughters, and fire shall devour your remnant.
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And they shall strip you of your clothing, and take [away] your ornaments.
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So I will turn back your ungodliness from you, and your fornication from the land of Egypt; and you shall not lift up your eyes upon them, and shall no more remember Egypt.
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Wherefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I [will] deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, from whom your soul is alienated.
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And they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take all [the fruits] of your labors and your toils, and you shall be naked and bare; and the shame of your fornication shall be exposed. And your ungodliness and your fornication
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has brought this upon you, in that you went a-whoring after the nations, and defiled yourself with their devices.
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You walked in the way of your sister; and I will put her cup into your hands.
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Thus says the Lord: Drink your sister's cup, deep and large and full, to cause complete drunkenness.
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And you shall be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of your sister Samaria,
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drink it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons; for I have spoken [it], says the Lord.
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Therefore thus says the Lord: Because you have forgotten Me, and have cast Me behind your back, therefore receive [the reward] of your ungodliness and your fornication.
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And the Lord said to me, Son of man, will you not judge Oholah and Oholibah, and declare to them their iniquities?
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For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery with their devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore to Me.
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So long too as they did these things to Me, they defiled My sanctuary, and profaned My Sabbaths.
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And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into My sanctuary to profane it; and whereas they did thus in the midst of My house,
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and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately you washed yourself, and painted your eyes and adorned yourself with ornaments,
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and sat on a prepared bed, and before it [there was] a table set out, and [as for] My incense and My oil, they rejoiced in them,
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and they raised a sound of music, and [that] with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads.
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Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? And has she also gone a-whoring [after] the manner of a harlot?
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And they went in to her, as [men] go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, to work iniquity.
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And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgment of an adulteress and the judgment of blood, for they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
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Thus says the Lord God: Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder into the midst of them.
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And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses.
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And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.
49
And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and you shall bear the guilt of your devices, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take to yourself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
Hosea 2:5-7
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And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced [them]: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.
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Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
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And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me [before] than it is now.
yet return
Jeremiah 3:12-14
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Go and read these words toward the north, and you shall say, Return to Me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set My face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.
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Nevertheless, know your iniquity, that you have sinned against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every shady tree, but you did not hearken to My voice, says the Lord.
14
Turn, you children that have revolted, says the Lord; for I will rule over you. And I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Zion.
Jeremiah 3:22-14
Jeremiah 4:1
If Israel will return to Me, says the Lord, he shall return: and if he will remove his abominations out of his mouth, and fear before Me, and swear,
Jeremiah 4:14
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved; how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?
Jeremiah 8:4-6
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For thus says the Lord, Shall not he that falls arise? Or he that turns away, shall he not turn back again?
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Why have My people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their willfulness, and refused to return?
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Hearken, I pray, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? The runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
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And there you shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall find Him whenever you shall seek Him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.
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And all these things shall come upon you in the last days, and you shall turn to the Lord your God, and shall hearken to His voice.
31
Because the Lord your God [is] a merciful God; He will not forsake you, nor destroy you; He will not forget the covenant of your fathers, which the Lord swore to them.
Isaiah 55:6-9
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Seek the Lord, and when you find Him, call upon Him; and when He draws near to you,
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let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.
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For My counsels are not as your counsels, nor are My ways as your ways, says the Lord.
9
But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is My way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from My mind.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, Thus says the Lord: [As] I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn heartily from your way; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
Hosea 14:1-4
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Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God; for the people have fallen through your iniquities.
2
Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God. Speak to Him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things; and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.
3
Assyria shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in you shall pity the orphan.
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I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away My wrath from him.
Zechariah 1:3
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to Me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 15:16-24
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And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine were eating, and no one gave him anything.
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But having come to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, and I am perishing with hunger!
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I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
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and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'
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And he arose and went to his father. But when he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
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And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
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But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put [it] on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
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And bring the fatted calf here and slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry;
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for this my son was dead and came to life, and he was lost and was found.' And they began to be merry.