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Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the Lord says:“ Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said,‘ We will not walk in it.’
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Isaiah 57:14
And it will be said,“ Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle from the way of My people.”
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Jeremiah 2:32
Can a virgin forget her jewelry, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me For days without number.
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Hosea 11:2
The more they called them, The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols.
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Malachi 2:8
But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of armies.
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Jeremiah 10:15
They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.
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Jeremiah 2:13
“ For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned Me, The fountain of living waters, To carve out for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That do not hold water.
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Hosea 2:13
I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.
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Jeremiah 44:15-19
Then all the men who were aware that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying,“ As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!But we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and have met our end by the sword and by famine.”“ And,” said the women,“ when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes in her image, and poured out drink offerings to her?”
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Isaiah 41:29
Behold, all of them are false; Their works are nothing, Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.
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Jeremiah 17:13
Lord, the hope of Israel, All who abandon You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the Lord.
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Jeremiah 13:25
This is your lot, the portion measured to you From Me,” declares the Lord,“ Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood.
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Isaiah 65:7
Both your own wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the Lord.“ Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their laps.”
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Jeremiah 3:21
A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel. Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the Lord their God.
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Jeremiah 16:19
Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say,“ Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility, and things of no benefit.”
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Romans 14:21
It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles.
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Jeremiah 44:25
This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:‘ As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying,“ We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” By all means fulfill your vows, and be sure to perform your vows!’
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Isaiah 9:16
For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are confused.
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Isaiah 3:12
My people! Their oppressors treat them violently, And women rule over them. My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths.
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Isaiah 62:10
Go through, go through the gates, Clear a way for the people! Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a flag over the peoples.
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Matthew 15:6
he is not to honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Jeremiah 19:5
and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I did not command nor speak of, nor did it ever enter My mind;
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Jeremiah 2:19
Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will punish you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to abandon the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of armies.