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.
They hold
They refuse
Bible References
Slidden
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted.
Jeremiah 3:11
Then the Lord said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.
Jeremiah 7:24
But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
Hosea 4:16
Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer! Soon the Lord will put them out to pasture like a lamb in a broad field!
Hosea 11:7
My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!
They hold
Jeremiah 9:6
They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord.
Proverbs 4:13
Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
Isaiah 30:10
They say to the visionaries, "See no more visions!" and to the seers, "Don't relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'
1 Thessalonians 5:21
But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
Revelation 2:25
However, hold on to what you have until I come.
They refuse
Jeremiah 5:3
Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
Isaiah 1:20
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
Zechariah 7:11
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
John 5:40
but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
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?