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
I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me.
Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, do not refuse it and be wise.
Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and shame come to all who reject discipline. He who accepts reproof will be honored.
Proverbs 15:32
He who refuses instruction (discipline) despises his own life. But he who listens to reproof understands.
Jeremiah 11:10
They went back to the evil ways of their ancestors and refused to obey my words. They followed other gods and worshiped them. The nations of Israel and Judah have rejected the covenant that I made to their ancestors.
Ezekiel 5:6
She has rebelled against my ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against my statutes more than the lands that surround her. My people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.
Zechariah 7:11
They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.
Acts 7:35
This Moses whom they refused, saying: Who made you ruler and judge? God sent him to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

If they

Hebrews 2:1
Pay close attention to the things heard so we do not drift away.
Hebrews 3:17
With whom was he disgusted for forty years? He was disgusted and angry with those who sinned and died in the desert.
Hebrews 10:28
He that despised Moses' Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses.

Turn away

Numbers 32:15
If you turn away from him he will abandon all these people in the desert. You would be responsible for their destruction.
Deuteronomy 30:17
If your hearts turn away, and you do not listen, you might be tempted to bow down to other gods and worship them.
Joshua 22:16
Speaking for the whole assembly of Jehovah's people they said: Why have you done this evil thing against the God of Israel? You have rebelled against Jehovah by building this altar for yourselves! You are no longer following him!
2 Chronicles 7:19
On the other hand, if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commandments and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,
Proverbs 1:32
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.
2 Timothy 4:4
They will turn their ears away from the truth, and turn aside to myths (fiction).

General references

Leviticus 26:14
If you will not listen to me and obey all these commandments,
Deuteronomy 4:36
He made you hear his voice out of heaven. That way he could instruct (teach) (correct) (discipline) you. He showed you his great fire on the earth. You heard his words from the middle of the fire.
Deuteronomy 18:19
Whoever refuses to listen to the words that the prophet speaks in my name will answer to me.
Jeremiah 29:19
They did not listen to me,' says Jehovah. 'I sent them my servants the prophets again and again, but they refused to listen,' says Jehovah.
Luke 14:24
None of those who were invited will taste my dinner! He said.