Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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Bible References
This
Isaiah 30:15
For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: "If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
2 Chronicles 14:11
Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!"
2 Chronicles 16:8
Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you!
Jeremiah 6:16
The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Yet
Psalm 81:11
But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
Jeremiah 44:16
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
Zechariah 7:11
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
Hebrews 12:25
Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
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Jeremiah 5:4
I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.