Malachi 3:7
From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord who rules over all. "But you say, 'How should we return?'
Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say to the people: The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will turn to you," says the Lord who rules over all.
Leviticus 26:40-42
However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Deuteronomy 9:7-21
Remember -- don't ever forget -- how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.
Deuteronomy 30:1-4
"When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
Deuteronomy 31:20
For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors -- one flowing with milk and honey -- and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy 31:27-29
for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death!
1 Kings 8:47-49
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.'
Nehemiah 1:8-9
Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.
Nehemiah 9:16-17
"But they -- our ancestors -- behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.
Nehemiah 9:26
"Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.
Nehemiah 9:28-30
"Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.
Psalm 78:8-10
Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
Isaiah 65:2
I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.
Jeremiah 3:12-14
"Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, 'Come back to me, wayward Israel,' says the Lord. 'I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,' says the Lord. 'I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:22
Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 7:26
But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.'"
Ezekiel 18:30-32
"Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.
Ezekiel 20:21
"'But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:28
I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.
Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
Malachi 1:6
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
Malachi 3:13
"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?'
Matthew 23:27
"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.
Luke 11:48-51
So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
Luke 15:16
He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Acts 7:51-52
"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
Romans 7:9
And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
Romans 10:3
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Romans 10:21
But about Israel he says, "All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!"
James 4:8
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.