Jeremiah 7:6 Cross References
Jeremiah 7:6
6: and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
Jeremiah 13:10
- These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship idols. Therefore, they will become like this linen belt--good for nothing!
Exodus 22:21
- "Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- "Do not exploit widows or orphans.
- If you do and they cry out to me, then I will surely help them.
- My anger will blaze forth against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.
Deuteronomy 8:19
- "But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.
Jeremiah 2:34
- Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor. You killed them even though they didn't break into your houses!
Deuteronomy 11:28
- You will receive a curse if you reject the commands of the LORD your God and turn from his way by worshiping foreign gods.
Zechariah 7:9
- "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
- Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.
- "Your ancestors would not listen to this message. They turned stubbornly away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
- They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the law or the messages that the LORD Almighty had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD Almighty was so angry with them.
Deuteronomy 6:14
- "You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations,
- for the LORD your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you and wipe you from the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 27:19
- `Cursed is anyone who is unjust to foreigners, orphans, and widows.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'
Jeremiah 19:4
- " `For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods--idols never before worshiped by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children.
Malachi 3:5
- At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.
Psalms 82:3
- "Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
- Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
Isaiah 59:7
- Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Wherever they go, misery and destruction follow them.
Jeremiah 22:3
- This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!
- If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of officials and subjects.
Deuteronomy 24:17
- "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.
James 1:27
- Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.
Jeremiah 26:23
- They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.)
2 Kings 21:6
- Manasseh even sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.
Ezekiel 22:3
- 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.
Matthew 27:4
- "I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man.What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."
Matthew 27:25
- And all the people yelled back, "We will take responsibility for his death--we and our children!"
2 Kings 24:4
- He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive this.
Jeremiah 2:30
- I have punished your children, but it did them no good. They still refuse to obey. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.
Psalms 106:38
- They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.
Jeremiah 22:15
- "But a beautiful palace does not make a great king! Why did your father, Josiah, reign so long? Because he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.
- He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
- "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."
Lamentations 4:13
- Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.
Job 31:13
- "If I have been unfair to my male or female servants, if I have refused to hear their complaints,
- how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?
- For God created both me and my servants. He created us both.
- "Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows who looked to me for help?
- Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with hungry orphans?
Jeremiah 26:15
- But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the LORD sent me to speak every word you have heard."
Ezekiel 18:6
- and he has not feasted in the mountains before Israel's idols or worshiped them. And suppose he does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.
Jeremiah 7:5
- I will be merciful only if you stop your wicked thoughts and deeds and are fair to others;
Matthew 23:35
- As a result, you will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered in the Temple between the altar and the sanctuary.
- I assure you, all the accumulated judgment of the centuries will break upon the heads of this very generation.
- "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.