Psalms 81:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.”
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BSBPD
“But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 81:11 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
- Exodus 16:6So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
- Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exodus 32:1Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Deuteronomy 5:6“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 32:18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- 2 Kings 4:3“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
- Psalms 106:12Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
- Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
- Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- Jeremiah 7:23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
- Jeremiah 16:14Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Luke 11:25On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
- Hebrews 10:29How 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?
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