Jeremiah 11:3

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“You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,”

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BSBPD

“You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 11:3 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 27:26‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  2. Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  3. Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
  4. Jeremiah 31:32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
  5. Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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