Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
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Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember, and do not forget, how you provoked Jehovah your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you departed out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, the land that flows with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and have become satisfied, and become fat, then turn to other gods and serve them, and provoke Me and break My covenant.
Nehemiah 9:16
But they and our fathers acted proudly and hardened their necks, and did not listen to Your commandments.
Psalm 78:8
and might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful with God.
Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against Me and would not listen to Me. They did not each man throw away the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. And I said, I will pour out My fury against them to fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Luke 11:48
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
Acts 7:51
O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
Return unto me
Leviticus 26:40
If they shall confess their wilfulness and the wilfulness of their fathers, with their sin which they sinned against Me, and that also they have walked contrary to Me,
Deuteronomy 4:29
But if you shall seek Jehovah your God from there, you shall find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:1
And it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and when you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Jehovah your God has driven you,
1 Kings 8:47
yet if they shall think within themselves in the land where they are carried captives, and repent, and pray to You in the land of their captors saying, We have sinned and have done perversely, we have done wickedly,
Nehemiah 1:8
I pray You, remember the Word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you sin, I will scatter you among the nations,
Isaiah 55:6
Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and cry these words toward the north, and say, Return, O backsliding Israel, says Jehovah; and I will not cause My anger to fall on you; for I am merciful, says Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.
Ezekiel 18:30
So I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one of you according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah. Turn and be made to turn from all your sins; and iniquity shall not be your stumbling-block.
Hosea 14:1
O Israel, return to Jehovah your God, for you have fallen by your iniquity.
Zechariah 1:3
And you say to them, So says Jehovah of Hosts: Turn to Me, says Jehovah of Hosts, and I will turn to you, says Jehovah of Hosts.
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.
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Ezekiel 24:19
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things mean to us, that you do so?