Question 151

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Jeremiah 2:8

8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

Job 32:7

7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

Job 32:9

9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

1 Kings 11:4

4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

1 Kings 11:9

9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

2 Samuel 12:14

14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

1 Corinthians 5:1

1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

James 4:17

17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

Luke 12:47-48

47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

48But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

4Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

2 Samuel 12:7-9

7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

8I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Ezekiel 8:11-12

11Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

Romans 2:17-24

17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Galatians 2:11-14

11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

12For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

13The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Matthew 21:38-39

38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

1 Samuel 2:25

25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

Acts 5:4

4Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

Psalms 51:4

4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Romans 2:4

4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Malachi 1:8

8When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:14

14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

Hebrews 2:2-3

2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 12:25

25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Hebrews 10:29

29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Matthew 12:31-32

31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.

Ephesians 4:30

30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Hebrews 6:4-6

4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Jude 1:8

8Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Numbers 12:8-9

8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

9So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.

Isaiah 3:5

5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

Proverbs 30:17

17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

2 Corinthians 12:15

15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

Psalms 55:12-15

12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

Zephaniah 2:8

8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

Zephaniah 2:10-11

10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Matthew 18:6

6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

1 Corinthians 6:8

8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

Revelation 17:6

6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

1 Corinthians 8:11-12

11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Romans 14:13

13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Romans 14:15

15If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

Romans 14:21

21It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

Ezekiel 13:19

19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

1 Corinthians 8:12

12By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Revelation 18:12-13

12cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.

Matthew 23:15

15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Joshua 22:20

20Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”

Proverbs 6:30-35

30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Ezra 9:10-12

10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments

11that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

1 Kings 11:9-10

9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

10Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.

Colossians 3:5

5Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 6:1

1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

Proverbs 5:8-12

8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 6:32-33

32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

Joshua 7:21

21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

James 1:14-15

14But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Matthew 5:22

22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

Micah 2:1

1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Matthew 18:7

7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

Romans 2:23-24

23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Deuteronomy 22:22

22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29

28If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

Proverbs 6:32-35

32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Matthew 11:21-24

21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

24But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

John 15:22

22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

Isaiah 1:3

3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Deuteronomy 32:6

6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

Amos 4:8-11

8People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

10“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:8

8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Romans 1:26-27

26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

27Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:32

32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

Daniel 5:22

22But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

Titus 3:10-11

10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

11knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Proverbs 29:1

1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Titus 3:10

10Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

Matthew 18:17

17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Proverbs 23:35

35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

Proverbs 27:22

22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Psalms 78:34-37

34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Jeremiah 2:20

20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 13:5-6

5So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.

6Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”

Jeremiah 13:20-21

20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

21What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

5It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Proverbs 20:25

25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

Leviticus 26:25

25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Proverbs 2:17

17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Ezekiel 17:18-19

18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

Psalms 36:4

4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Jeremiah 6:16

16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Numbers 15:30

30But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

Exodus 21:14

14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Jeremiah 3:3

3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

Proverbs 7:13

13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

Psalms 52:1

1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

3 John 1:10

10So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

Numbers 14:22

22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Zechariah 7:11-12

11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Proverbs 2:14

14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

Isaiah 57:17

17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

Jeremiah 34:8-11

8After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD

9that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.

10So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,

11but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

2 Peter 2:20-22

20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

2 Kings 5:26

26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

Jeremiah 7:10

10and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

Isaiah 26:10

10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

Ezekiel 23:37-39

37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.

38They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.

39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.

Isaiah 58:3-5

3“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

4You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

5Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Numbers 25:6-7

6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

7On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

1 Corinthians 11:20-21

20Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

21For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

Jeremiah 7:8-10

8But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

10and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

Jeremiah 7:14-15

14therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

15And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

John 13:27

27And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

John 13:30

30As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.

Ezra 9:13-14

13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),

14shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

2 Samuel 16:22

22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

1 Samuel 2:22-24

22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

23“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.