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2 Kings 17:40
2 Kings 17:40 is verse 40 of 2 Kings chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
King James Version
Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
World English Bible
However they didn’t listen, but they did what they did before.
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2 Kings 17:38–41 · Berean Standard Bible
38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,
39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
41 So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
2 Kings 17:8and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
2 Kings 17:12They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
2 Kings 17:34To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.