Jeremiah 6:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ Jehovah says: »Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest.« But you said: »We will not walk in it!«

⁷ »Remember the days of old. Think about all the past generations. Ask your fathers to remind you, and your elders to tell you.

⁷ (To Her Beloved) »Tell me, O you whom I love where you feed your flock and where you make it rest at noon. Why should I be as one who veils herself by the flocks of your companions?« ⁸ (The Beloved) »If you do not know, O you fairest among women, follow the footsteps of the flock. Feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.

⁵ Come, descendants of Jacob, let us live in the light of Jehovah.

¹² He said: »This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest, and, this is the refreshing.« Yet they would not listen.

²¹ You will hear a voice behind you say: »This is the way. Walk in it,« whether it turns to the right or to the left.

²⁰ They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people do not speak these words, it is because there is no light (truth) in them.

²⁵ »Do not run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it is useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.

²³ »‘I gave them this command: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. You will walk in all the way that I command you that it may be well with you.’«

¹² »But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.

¹⁵ »‘My people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless gods and they have stumbled from their ways. They stray from the ancient paths to walk in pathways and not on a highway.

²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity. But you said: ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your practice from your youth, that you have not obeyed my voice.

¹⁶ »We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of Jehovah.

⁴ »You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel.

²⁸ »Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ »Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek (mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life,

²⁸ »What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the first to work today in the vineyard. ²⁹ »The first son said in answer, ‘I will not.’ Later he changed his mind and went to work. ³⁰ »He said the same to the second son. That son answered, ‘Yes, I will go,’ but he did not go to work. ³¹ »Which of the two pleased his father?« They replied: »The first.« Jesus said to them: »I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.« ³² »John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not regret your sins and did not have faith in him.

²⁹ »Abraham said: Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them. They should listen to them.

³⁹ »You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.

⁴⁶ »It is a fact! If you believed Moses you would believe me. He wrote about me! ⁴⁷ »If you do not believe his writings how will you believe my words?«

³⁵ Jesus said to them: »The light will be with you for a little while. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

¹⁷ »If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

¹¹ The Bereans were nobler than those in Thessalonica because they received the word with all readiness of mind and examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul told them was true.

¹ What shall we say about Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? ² If Abraham was declared righteous by works, he could boast, but not to God. ³ For what does the scriptures say? »Abraham believed Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness.« (Genesis 15:6) ⁴ The pay is counted to the man who works. It is not as grace but as a debt. ⁵ He who does not work but believes in him who justifies (absolves) the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ⁶ David also pronounces blessing on the man, to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

¹² The father of circumcision to those who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of faith of our father Abraham that he had when he was not circumcised.

⁶ You have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord. Now walk (live) in union with him.

¹² We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

² God approved of the men of old because of their faith.