¹⁶ But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth, ¹⁷ since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee? ¹⁸ When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Proverbs 12:1

He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.

1 Kings 14:9

but have done evil above all who were before thee, and have gone and made thee other gods, and molten images to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind thy back,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:28-29

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,

Proverbs 5:12-13

and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

Proverbs 8:36

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 18:12

But they say, It is in vain. For we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 36:23-32

And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

John 3:20

For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Romans 2:21-23

thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear,