Echoes in the Word....

Psalm 81 King James Version (KJV)

8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

Rom 1:24    Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

Rom 1:25    Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Rom 1:26    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

Deuteronomy 4 King James Version (KJV)

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which theLord thy God hath forbidden thee.

24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Ah, but there is a better way....

29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Or think further Jesus is giving us the truth of His word, in this simple instruction from days before His incarnation. Like a shepherd to His sheep.

Joh 18:37    Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Pro 4:1    Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Pro 4:2    For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Pro 4:3    For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Pro 4:4    He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Pro 4:5    Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Pro 4:6    Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Pro 4:7    Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Pro 4:8    Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Pro 4:9    She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Pro 4:10    Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Pro 4:11    I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Pro 4:12    When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Pro 4:13    Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Pro 4:14    Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Pro 4:15    Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Pro 4:16    For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Pro 4:17    For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Pro 4:18    But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Pro 4:19    The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Pro 4:20    My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Pro 4:21    Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Pro 4:22    For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Pro 4:23    Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Pro 4:24    Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Pro 4:25    Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Pro 4:26    Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Pro 4:27    Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.