Psalms 78:8

They were to avoid becoming like their stubborn, rebellious fathers whose hearts were not loyal to God.

Cross-references · 27

• Ps 78:37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
• Exod 32:9The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
• 2 Kgs 17:14But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
• Ezek 20:18In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.
• Deut 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
• Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
• Deut 9:24You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
• Exod 33:5For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
• Exod 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
• Matt 23:31–33So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• Deut 9:13The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
• Ezek 2:3–8“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
• Ezek 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
• 2 Chr 30:7Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.
• 2 Chr 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
• Deut 9:6–7Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
• Deut 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
• Josh 14:8–9Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
• 2 Chr 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
• 2 Chr 20:33The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
• Exod 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
• 2 Chr 30:19who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
• Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• Ps 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
• Ps 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
• Isa 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

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