Leviticus 26:43
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43 (A)The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them;
they will accept their guilt, because they (B)despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.
Numbers 15:31
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31 Because he has (A)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [a]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”
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- Numbers 15:31 iniquity
Proverbs 1:30
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30 (A)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
Proverbs 13:13
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13 He who (A)despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, (A)as the [a]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (B)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
Ezekiel 20:13
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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them.
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Ezekiel 20:16
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16 (A)because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for (B)their heart went after their idols.
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Ezekiel 20:24
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24 (A)because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and (B)their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.
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Amos 2:4
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Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
(B)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(C)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies (D)which their fathers followed.
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