1 Kings 14:9
New King James Version
9 but you have done more evil than all who were before you, (A)for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and (B)have cast Me behind your back—
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Jeremiah 2:27
New King James Version
27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a (A)stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their (B)trouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
Jeremiah 32:33
New King James Version
33 And they have turned to Me the (A)back, and not the face; though I taught them, (B)rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
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Nehemiah 9:26
New King James Version
26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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