Jeremiah 8:5

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 5:3

Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Proverbs 4:13

Take firm hold of instruction and do not let go. Obey her for she is your life.

Isaiah 1:20

Refuse and rebel and swords will devour you. Jehovah has spoken.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers: Do not see the future. They say to those who have visions: 'Do not have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. Prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 44:20

They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?

Jeremiah 2:32

A young woman cannot forget her jewelry or a bride her breastband (sash) (girdle). Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.

Jeremiah 3:11-14

Jehovah said to me: Treacherous Judah was more reprehensible than unfaithful Israel.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 7:24-26

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward.

Hosea 4:16

For Israel behaved stubbornly like a stubborn heifer. Will Jehovah now feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hosea 11:7

My people are determined to turn (apostatize) from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

Zechariah 7:11

They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

John 5:40

And yet you will not come to me that you may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Prove all things; hold fast to what is good.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

Revelation 2:25

Just hold on to what you have until I come.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
A young woman cannot forget her jewelry or a bride her breastband (sash) (girdle). Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.
Jeremiah 3:11
Jehovah said to me: Treacherous Judah was more reprehensible than unfaithful Israel.
Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear. They walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They went backward and not forward.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel behaved stubbornly like a stubborn heifer. Will Jehovah now feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Hosea 11:7
My people are determined to turn (apostatize) from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will by no means exalt them.

They hold

Jeremiah 9:6
You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.
Proverbs 4:13
Take firm hold of instruction and do not let go. Obey her for she is your life.
Isaiah 30:10
They say to the seers: Do not see the future. They say to those who have visions: 'Do not have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. Prophesy illusions.
Isaiah 44:20
They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast to what is good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.
Revelation 2:25
Just hold on to what you have until I come.

They refuse

Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Isaiah 1:20
Refuse and rebel and swords will devour you. Jehovah has spoken.
Zechariah 7:11
They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
John 5:40
And yet you will not come to me that you may have life.
Hebrews 12:25
Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!