Jeremiah 5:5 Cross References

Jeremiah 5:5

5: I will go and speak to their leaders. Surely they will know the LORD's ways and what God requires of them." But the leaders, too, had utterly rejected their God.

Jeremiah 2:20

  1. Long ago I broke your yoke and tore away the chains of your slavery, but still you would not obey me. On every hill and under every green tree, you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.

James 2:5

  1. Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren't they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?
  2. And yet, you insult the poor man! Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
  3. Aren't they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name you bear?

Luke 18:24

  1. Jesus watched him go and then said to his disciples, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the Kingdom of God!

Micah 7:3

  1. They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.
  2. Even the best of them is like a brier; the straightest is more crooked than a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here.

Ezekiel 22:6

  1. "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.
  2. Fathers and mothers are contemptuously ignored. Resident foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed.
  3. Inside your walls you despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.

Malachi 2:7

  1. The priests' lips should guard knowledge, and people should go to them for instruction, for the priests are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.

Luke 19:14

  1. But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say they did not want him to be their king.

Acts 4:26

  1. The kings of the earth prepared for battle; the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'
  2. "That is what has happened here in this city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.

Matthew 19:23

  1. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  2. I say it again--it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"
  3. The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked.
  4. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."

Micah 3:11

  1. You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."

Amos 4:1

  1. Listen to me, you "fat cows" of Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and who are always asking your husbands for another drink!

Jeremiah 6:13

  1. "From the least to the greatest, they trick others to get what does not belong to them. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that!

Ezekiel 22:25

  1. Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They increase the number of widows in the land.
  2. Your priests have violated my laws and defiled my holy things. To them there is no difference between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that my holy name is greatly dishonored among them.
  3. Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
  4. And your prophets announce false visions and speak false messages. They say, `My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them. They repair cracked walls with whitewash!
  5. Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Micah 3:1

  1. Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
  2. but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
  3. You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
  4. Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!

Psalms 2:2

  1. The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one.
  2. "Let us break their chains," they cry, "and free ourselves from this slavery."

Zephaniah 3:3

  1. Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.
  2. Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God's laws.
  3. But the LORD is still there in the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day his justice is more evident, but no one takes notice--the wicked know no shame.
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