Jeremiah 5:26 Cross References
Jeremiah 5:26
26: "Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They are continually setting traps for other people.
Proverbs 1:11
- They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!
Psalms 10:9
- Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.
- The helpless are overwhelmed and collapse; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
Jeremiah 18:22
- Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me, and they have hidden traps along my path.
Ezekiel 22:2
- "Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Denounce her terrible deeds in public,
- and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned--city of idols, filthy and foul--
- you are guilty of both murder and idolatry. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.
- O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people both far and near.
- "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.
Psalms 64:5
- They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps. "Who will ever notice?" they ask.
Jeremiah 4:22
- "My people are foolish and do not know me," says the LORD. "They are senseless children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no talent at all for doing right!"
Luke 5:10
- His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, "Don't be afraid! From now on you'll be fishing for people!"
Isaiah 58:1
- "Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Tell my people Israel of their sins!
Habakkuk 1:14
- Are we but fish to be caught and killed? Are we but creeping things that have no leader to defend them from their enemies?
- Must we be strung up on their hooks and dragged out in their nets while they rejoice?
1 Samuel 19:10
- Saul hurled his spear at David in an attempt to kill him. But David dodged out of the way and escaped into the night, leaving the spear stuck in the wall.
- Then Saul sent troops to watch David's house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't get away tonight, you will be dead by morning."
Proverbs 1:17
- When a bird sees a trap being set, it stays away.
- But not these people! They set an ambush for themselves; they booby-trap their own lives!