Deuteronomy 32:20

God determines to hide His face and see their end, for they are a faithless, perverse generation. It matters because the withdrawal of God's favor is the consequence of unfaithfulness.

Cross-references · 19

• Deut 31:17–18Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
• Luke 7:31–32And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
• Deut 32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
• Isa 30:9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
• Isa 65:2–5I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
• Isa 7:9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
• Isa 64:7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
• Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
• Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
• Hos 9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
• Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
• Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
• Matt 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
• Deut 31:29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
• 2 Chr 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• Matt 11:16–17But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
• Jer 18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
• Heb 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• 2 Th 3:2And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

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