Jeremiah 7:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot benefit [so that you do not profit].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Common English Bible

⁸ And yet you trust in lies that will only hurt you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Behold, you trust in false words, which will not benefit you,

Jeremiah 7:8 Cross References

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them; so they do not profit this people at all, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you’; whereas the sword has reached their very life.”

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, “See not”; and to the prophets, “Prophesy not to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,

Isaiah 59:4

No one enters suit justly, no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 28:15

And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, says the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.