Jeremiah 8:5

Why then has this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firm deceit. They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 9:6

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t

Proverbs 4:13

Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

Isaiah 1:20

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword, for the mouth of LORD has spoken it.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

Jeremiah 7:24-26

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Hosea 4:16

For Israel has behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Now LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hosea 11:7

And my people are bent on backsliding from me. Though they call them to [him who is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

John 5:40

And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but examine all things. Hold firm the good.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,

Hebrews 12:25

Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,

Revelation 2:25

But hold firm what ye have until I come.

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Summary

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Bible References

Slidden

Jeremiah 2:32
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel has behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Now LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent on backsliding from me. Though they call them to [him who is] on high, none at all will exalt [him].

They hold

Jeremiah 9:6
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.
Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
Isaiah 30:10
who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
1 Thessalonians 5:21
but examine all things. Hold firm the good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,
Revelation 2:25
But hold firm what ye have until I come.

They refuse

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t
Isaiah 1:20
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword, for the mouth of LORD has spoken it.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
John 5:40
And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.
Hebrews 12:25
Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,