Jeremiah 6:13 Cross References
Jeremiah 6:13
13: "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!
Jeremiah 23:11
- "The priests are like the prophets, all ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:10
- I will give their wives and their farms to others. 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.
Micah 3:11
- 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."
Micah 3:2
- but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.
- You eat my people's flesh, cut away their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.
Micah 3:5
- This is what the LORD says to you false prophets: "You are leading my people astray! You promise peace for those who give you food, but you declare war on anyone who refuses to pay you.
Zephaniah 3:3
- 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.
- Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God's laws.
Jeremiah 5:31
- the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. And worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 14:18
- If I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy. If I walk the city streets, there I see people who have died of starvation. The prophets and priests continue with their work, but they do not know what they are doing.'"
Ezekiel 22:25
- 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.
- 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.
- Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
- 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!
Jeremiah 22:17
- "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."
Isaiah 57:17
- I was angry and punished these greedy people. I withdrew myself from them, but they went right on sinning.
Ezekiel 22:12
- There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
Isaiah 56:9
- Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people!
- For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
- And they are as greedy as dogs, never satisfied. They are stupid shepherds, all following their own path, all of them intent on personal gain.
- "Come," they say. "We will get some wine and have a party. Let's all get drunk. Let this go on and on, and tomorrow will be even better."
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!
2 Peter 2:14
- They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.
- They have wandered off the right road and followed the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
2 Peter 2:3
- In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.
Jeremiah 2:26
- "Like a thief, Israel feels shame only when she gets caught. Kings, officials, priests, and prophets--all are alike in this.
Jeremiah 32:32
- "The sins of Israel and Judah--the sins of the people of Jerusalem, the kings, the officials, the priests, and the prophets--stir up my anger.
Ezekiel 33:31
- So they come pretending to be sincere and sit before you listening. But they have no intention of doing what I tell them. They express love with their mouths, but their hearts seek only after money.
Jeremiah 26:7
- The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the LORD's Temple.
- But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. "Kill him!" they shouted.
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.
1 Timothy 3:3
- He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, peace loving, and not one who loves money.
Luke 16:14
- The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, naturally scoffed at all this.
Lamentations 4:13
- Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.
Isaiah 28:7
- Now, however, Israel is being led by drunks! The priests and prophets reel and stagger from beer and wine. They make stupid mistakes as they carry out their responsibilities.
Jeremiah 23:14
- But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery, and they love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil instead of turning them away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were."
- Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: "I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem's prophets that wickedness fills this land.