Ezekiel 33:31 Cross References
Ezekiel 33:31
31: So they come pretending to be sincere and sit before you listening. But they have no intention of doing what I tell them. They express love with their mouths, but their hearts seek only after money.
Matthew 13:22
- The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.
Psalms 78:36
- But they followed him only with their words; they lied to him with their tongues.
- Their hearts were not loyal to him. They did not keep his covenant.
Luke 11:28
- He replied, "But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice."
Isaiah 29:13
- And so the Lord says, "These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.
James 1:22
- And remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. If you don't obey, you are only fooling yourself.
- For if you just listen and don't obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance.
- You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
James 2:14
- Dear brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save anyone.
- Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing,
- and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"--but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
Luke 6:48
- It is like a person who builds a house on a strong foundation laid upon the underlying rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built.
- But anyone who listens and doesn't obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will crumble into a heap of ruins."
Ezekiel 8:1
- Then on September 17, during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.
Isaiah 28:13
- So the LORD will spell out his message for them again, repeating it over and over, a line at a time, in very simple words. Yet they will stumble over this simple, straightforward message. They will be injured, trapped, and captured.
1 John 3:17
- But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?
- Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.
1 Timothy 6:9
- But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Deuteronomy 5:28
- "The LORD heard your request and said to me, `I have heard what the people have said to you, and they are right.
- Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
Jeremiah 44:16
- "We will not listen to your messages from the LORD!
Acts 10:33
- So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now here we are, waiting before God to hear the message the Lord has given you."
Ephesians 5:5
- You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is really an idolater who worships the things of this world.
Jeremiah 23:33
- "Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, `What prophecy has the LORD burdened you with now?' You must reply, `You are the burden! The LORD says he will abandon you!'
- If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, `I have a prophecy from the LORD,' I will punish that person along with his entire family.
- You should keep asking each other, `What is the LORD's answer?' or `What is the LORD saying?'
- But stop using this phrase, `prophecy from the LORD.' For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the LORD Almighty.
- "This is what you should say to the prophets: `What is the LORD's answer?' or `What is the LORD saying?'
Matthew 7:24
- "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
- Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on rock.
- But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
- When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
Luke 8:21
- Jesus replied, "My mother and my brothers are all those who hear the message of God and obey it."
Jeremiah 43:1
- When Jeremiah had finished giving this message from the LORD their God to all the people,
- Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other proud men said to Jeremiah, "You lie! The LORD our God hasn't forbidden us to go to Egypt!
- Baruch son of Neriah has convinced you to say this, so we will stay here and be killed by the Babylonians or be carried off into exile."
- So Johanan and all the army officers and all the people refused to obey the LORD's command to stay in Judah.
- Johanan and his officers took with them all the people who had returned from the nearby countries to which they had fled.
Ezekiel 22:27
- Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
Luke 16:14
- The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, naturally scoffed at all this.
Jeremiah 6:16
- So now the LORD says, "Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, `No, that's not the road we want!'
- I set watchmen over you who said, `Listen for the sound of the trumpet!' But you replied, `No! We won't pay attention!'
Ezekiel 14:1
- Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were there,
Luke 10:39
- Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what he taught.
Matthew 6:24
- "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Luke 12:15
- Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."
- And he gave an illustration: "A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
- In fact, his barns were full to overflowing.
- So he said, 'I know! I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll have room enough to store everything.
- And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!'
Ezekiel 20:1
- On August 14, during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the LORD. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.
- Then this message came to me from the LORD:
- "Son of man, give the leaders of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: How dare you come to ask for my help? As surely as I live, I will tell you nothing. This is the word of the Sovereign LORD!
- "Son of man, bring judgment against them and condemn them. Make them realize how loathsome the actions of their ancestors really were.
- Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel and revealed myself to her in Egypt, I swore that I, the LORD, would be her God.
Matthew 19:22
- But when the young man heard this, he went sadly away because he had many possessions.