Jeremiah 38:21
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21 But if you are determined not to surrender, this is what the Lord has shown me:
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Ezekiel 2:7
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7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.(A)
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Ezekiel 2:4-5
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4 The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’(A) 5 Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.(B)
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Hebrews 12:25
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25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!(A)
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Acts 20:26-27
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26 Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,(A) 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.(B)
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Acts 18:6
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6 When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes[a] and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”(A)
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- 18.6 Gk reviled him, he shook out his clothes
Ezekiel 3:17-19
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17 Mortal, I have made you a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.(A) 18 When I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give them no warning and do not speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way in order to save their lives, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand.(B) 19 But if you warn the wicked and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their wicked way, they shall die for their iniquity, but you will have saved your life.(C)
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Jeremiah 26:15
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15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”(A)
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Jeremiah 15:19-21
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19 Therefore thus says the Lord:
If you turn back, I will take you back,
and you shall stand before me.
If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless,
you shall serve as my mouth.
It is they who will turn to you,
not you who will turn to them.(A)
20 And I will make you to this people
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
but they shall not prevail over you,
for I am with you
to save you and deliver you,
says the Lord.(B)
21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked
and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.(C)
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)
Isaiah 1:19-20
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19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land,(A)
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(B)
Proverbs 1:24-31
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24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(A)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(B)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,(C)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(D)
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,(E)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(F)
Job 34:33
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33 Will he then pay back to suit you
because you reject it?
For you must choose and not I;
therefore declare what you know.[a]
Job 23:13
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13 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.(A)
Numbers 24:13
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13 ‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord says, that is what I will say’?(A)
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Numbers 23:19-20
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19 God is not a human being, that he should lie,
or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
Has he promised, and will he not do it?
Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?(A)
20 See, I received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.(B)
Exodus 16:28
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28 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions?(A)
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Exodus 10:3-4
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3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may serve me.(A) 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.(B)
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