Jeremiah 9:14
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 44:17, the people insist on worshiping the Queen of Heaven as their ancestors did—directly echoing the idolatry pattern here.
Jeremiah 3:17 promises a future when Israel will no longer follow the stubbornness of their hearts—contrasting with their current rebellion.
Jeremiah 7:24 also says they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts, going backward instead of forward.
Jeremiah 11:8 uses nearly identical wording: 'walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart' — a direct parallel.
Jeremiah 13:10 repeats 'walk in the stubbornness of their hearts' and serving other gods — same rebellion.
Jeremiah 16:11 says fathers forsook God and followed other gods — exactly the ancestral idolatry taught here.
Jeremiah 16:12 says each walks in stubbornness of evil heart — same phrase, with added escalation 'worse than fathers'.
In Jeremiah 23:17, the same phrase 'walk after the imagination of their own heart' echoes the stubborn rebellion described here.
1 Peter 1:18 describes a futile way of life inherited from fathers — directly echoes the ancestral teaching of Baal worship.
In Zechariah 1:4, God warns not to be like fathers who ignored prophets — same pattern of ancestral disobedience as here.
Judges 2:11 says Israel served the Baals — identical idolatry referenced here as 'after the Baals'.
Ezekiel 18:14 presents a son who does NOT follow his father's sins—contrasting the pattern here of walking after Baalim taught by fathers.
In Ezekiel 20:30, the same accusation of following fathers' abominations reinforces this pattern of inherited idolatry.
Amos 2:4 also condemns Judah for walking after lies their fathers followed—identical theme of generational rebellion.
Numbers 15:39 commands not to follow after your own heart — same phrase as 'stubbornness of their own heart' here.
Romans 1:21-24 depicts exchanging God for idols and being given over to desires—mirroring Israel's following Baals and heart stubbornness.
Ephesians 2:3 says we once followed fleshly desires, similar to following the stubbornness of heart described here.
Ephesians 4:17-19 speaks of hardened hearts and giving over to sensuality, paralleling the stubborn hearts and idolatry here.
Genesis 6:5 describes every inclination of human heart as only evil, paralleling the stubbornness of heart here.