Jeremiah 13:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.”
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“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 13:23 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 19:21When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
- 2 Kings 17:40But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
- Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Ecclesiastes 1:15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 6:29The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
- Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).