Jeremiah 13:23
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23 Can Cushites change their skin
or leopards their spots?
Then also you can do good,
who are accustomed to do evil.(A)
Jeremiah 2:22
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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,
says the Lord God.(A)
Jeremiah 9:5
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5 They all deceive their neighbors,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 9.5 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they weary themselves with iniquity.
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Matthew 19:24-28
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24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”(A)
27 Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”(B) 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(C)
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Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?(A)
Jeremiah 5:3
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3 O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth?
You have struck them,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to turn back.(A)
Jeremiah 2:30
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30 In vain I have struck down your children;
they accepted no correction.
Your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.(A)
Jeremiah 6:29-30
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29 The bellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;[a]
in vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
30 They are called “rejected silver,”
for the Lord has rejected them.
Footnotes
- 6.29 Cn: Heb lead from their fire
Isaiah 1:5
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5 Why do you seek further beatings?
Why do you continue to rebel?
The whole head is injured,
and the whole heart faint.(A)
Proverbs 27:22
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22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
along with crushed grain,
but the folly will not be driven out.(A)
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