Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

Bible References

Refuse

Proverbs 1:24
"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention
Proverbs 8:33
Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.
Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame are for those who ignore correction, but whoever listens to instruction gains honor.
Proverbs 15:32
Whoever ignores instruction hates himself, but anyone who heeds reproof gains understanding.
Jeremiah 11:10
They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors of old who refused to listen to my words. They followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant which I made with their ancestors."
Ezekiel 5:6
But she rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes. She practiced more evil than all the nations and territories around her. They rejected my ordinances and didn't live by my statutes.'
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.
Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"
Acts 7:35
"This same Moses whom they rejected by saying, "Who made you ruler and judge?' was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

If they

Hebrews 2:1
For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,
Hebrews 3:17
And with whom was he angry for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned and whose bodies fell dead in the wilderness?
Hebrews 10:28
Anyone who violates the Law of Moses dies without mercy "on the testimony of two or three witnesses."

Turn away

Numbers 32:15
If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You'll end up destroying this entire people."
Deuteronomy 30:17
But if you turn your heart away, and do not obey, but instead if you stray away to worship and serve other gods,
Joshua 22:16
"This is what the entire community of the LORD has to say: "What is this treacherous act by which you have acted deceitfully against the God of Israel by turning away from following the LORD today, and by building yourselves an altar today, so you can rebel against the LORD?
2 Chronicles 7:19
"But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them,
Proverbs 1:32
Indeed, the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
2 Timothy 4:4
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.

General references

Leviticus 26:14
"But if you won't listen to me and obey all these commands,
Deuteronomy 4:36
You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed. And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire.
Deuteronomy 18:19
But if someone will not listen to those words that the prophet speaks in my name, I will hold him accountable.
Jeremiah 29:19
because they didn't listen to my words,' declares the LORD. "When I sent my servants, the prophets, to you again and again, you didn't listen,' declares the LORD.
Luke 14:24
Because I tell all of you, none of those men who were invited will taste anything at my banquet.'"

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