Jeremiah 18:15
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads
and walk on new paths, not the highway.
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
Isaiah 57:14
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”
Jeremiah 10:15
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 2:32
or a bride her wedding sash?
Yet My people have forgotten Me
for countless days.
Isaiah 65:7
of your
says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and reproached Me on the hills,
I will reward them fully
for their former deeds.”
Jeremiah 2:13
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 3:21
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 16:19
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols
Jeremiah 17:13
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Isaiah 3:12
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 9:16
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Isaiah 41:29
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 62:10
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
Jeremiah 2:19
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
Jeremiah 13:25
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.
Jeremiah 19:5
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.
Jeremiah 44:15-19
However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by—a great assembly—and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,
Jeremiah 44:25
This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for you and your wives, you women have spoken with your mouths, and you men fulfilled it by your deeds, saying, “We will keep our vows that we have made to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings for her.” Go ahead, confirm your vows! Pay your vows!’
Hosea 2:13
when she burned incense to them,
put on her rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but forgot Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Hosea 11:2
the more they
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.
Malachi 2:8
“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way.
Matthew 15:6
Romans 14:21
It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The ancient
To walk
Bible References
My people
They have abandoned Me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
what I have decreed for you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
because you have forgotten Me
and trusted in Falsehood.
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Caused
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
and those they mislead are swallowed up.
The ancient
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”
To walk
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”