Jeremiah 18:18 Cross References
Jeremiah 18:18
18: Then the people said, "Come on, let's find a way to stop Jeremiah. We have our own priests and wise men and prophets. We don't need him to teach the law and give us advice and prophecies. Let's spread rumors about him and ignore what he says."
Psalms 52:2
- All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.
Jeremiah 11:19
- I had been as unaware as a lamb on the way to its slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! "Let's destroy this man and all his words," they said. "Let's kill him, so his name will be forgotten forever."
Psalms 64:3
- Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.
Psalms 21:11
- Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.
Malachi 2:7
- The priests' lips should guard knowledge, and people should go to them for instruction, for the priests are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
Psalms 57:4
- I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey--whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.
Micah 2:1
- How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.
- When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!
- But this is what the LORD says: "I will reward your evil with evil; you won't be able to escape! After I am through with you, none of you will ever again walk proudly in the streets."
Proverbs 18:21
- Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life.
Jeremiah 43:2
- Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other proud men said to Jeremiah, "You lie! The LORD our God hasn't forbidden us to go to Egypt!
1 Kings 22:24
- Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. "When did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?" he demanded.
Jeremiah 5:12
- "They have lied about the LORD and have said, `He won't bother us! No disasters will come upon us! There will be no war or famine!
- God's prophets are windbags full of words with no divine authority. Their predictions of disaster will fall on themselves!'"
Jeremiah 13:13
- Then tell them, `No, this is what the LORD means: I will make everyone in this land so confused that they will seem drunk--from the king sitting on David's throne and from the priests and the prophets, right on down to the common people.
- I will smash them one against the other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.'"
Job 5:13
- He catches those who think they are wise in their own cleverness, so that their cunning schemes are thwarted.
Leviticus 10:11
- And you must teach the Israelites all the laws that the LORD has given through Moses."
Jeremiah 18:11
- "Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, `This is what the LORD says: I am planning disaster against you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.'"
Jeremiah 14:14
- Then the LORD said, "These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
- Therefore, says the LORD, I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!
- As for the people to whom they prophesy--their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters--all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
Jeremiah 2:8
- The priests did not ask, `Where is the LORD?' The judges ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on nonsense.
2 Samuel 17:14
- Then Absalom and all the leaders of Israel said, "Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's." For the LORD had arranged to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster upon Absalom!
Isaiah 32:7
- The smooth tricks of evil people will be exposed, including all the lies they use to oppress the poor in the courts.
2 Samuel 15:31
- When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, "O LORD, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!"
Jeremiah 26:11
- The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. "This man should die!" they said. "You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city."
Jeremiah 44:17
- We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and sacrifice to her just as much as we like--just as we and our ancestors did before us, and as our kings and princes have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Jeremiah 29:25
- "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You wrote a letter on your own authority to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and you sent copies to the other priests and people in Jerusalem. You said to Zephaniah,
- `The LORD has appointed you to replace Jehoiada as the priest in charge of the house of the LORD. You are responsible to put anyone who claims to be a prophet in the stocks and neck irons.
- So why have you done nothing to stop Jeremiah from Anathoth, who pretends to be a prophet among you?
- Jeremiah sent a letter here to Babylon, predicting that our captivity will be a long one. He said we should build homes and plan to stay for many years. He said we should plant fruit trees, because we will be here to eat the fruit for many years to come.'"
- But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah's letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.
John 7:47
- "Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked.
- "Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
- These ignorant crowds do, but what do they know about it? A curse on them anyway!"
John 9:40
- The Pharisees who were standing there heard him and asked, "Are you saying we are blind?"
Luke 11:45
- "Teacher," said an expert in religious law, "you have insulted us, too, in what you just said."