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But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes
Or to take My covenant on your lips?
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“For you hate instruction and discipline
And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
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“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,
And you associate with adulterers.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

1 Kings 14:9

but have done more evil than all [the kings] who were before you; for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

Proverbs 1:7

The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];
But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline.

Proverbs 1:28-29

“Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer;
They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,

Proverbs 5:12-13

And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,
And my heart despised correction and reproof!

Proverbs 8:36

“But he who fails to find me or sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love and court death.”

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked and acquit the guilty for a bribe,
And take away the rights of those who are in the right!

Jeremiah 8:9

“The wise men are shamed,
They are dismayed and caught.
Behold, they have [manipulated and] rejected the [truth in the] word of the Lord,
And what kind of wisdom and insight do they have?

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will say, ‘That is hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act in accordance with the stubbornness of his evil heart.’

Jeremiah 36:23-32

And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.

John 3:20

For every wrongdoer hates the Light, and does not come to the Light [but shrinks from it] for fear that his [sinful, worthless] activities will be exposed and condemned.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,

Romans 2:21-23

well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,

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