Jeremiah 29:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the LORD chose you to be the priest in charge of the temple security force. You know that anyone who acts mad and pretends to be a prophet should be arrested and put in chains and iron collars.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:15

Straight away, Jehoiada said to the army commanders, “Kill her! But don't do it anywhere near the LORD's temple. Take her out in front of the troops and kill anyone who is with her!”

2 Kings 11:18

Then the crowd went to the temple built to honour Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. After Jehoiada had placed guards around the LORD's temple,

2 Kings 9:11

Jehu went back to his officers, and one of them asked, “What did that mad prophet want? Is everything all right?” “You know him and how he talks,” Jehu answered.

2 Chronicles 16:10

When Asa heard this, he was so angry that he put Hanani in prison. Asa was also cruel to some of his people.

2 Chronicles 18:26

Tell them to put him in prison and to give him nothing but bread and water until I come back safely.”

Jeremiah 29:27

Jeremiah from the town of Anathoth is pretending to be a prophet there in Jerusalem, so why haven't you punished him?

Jeremiah 38:28

I was held in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day Jerusalem was captured.

Jeremiah 38:6

Then they took me back to the courtyard of the palace guards and let me down with ropes into the well that belonged to Malchiah, the king's son. There was no water in the well, and I sank down in the mud.

Hosea 9:7

Israel, the time has come. You will get what you deserve, and you will know it. “Prophets are fools,” you say. “And God's messengers are mad.” Your terrible guilt has filled you with hatred.

Zechariah 13:1

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Matthew 21:23

Jesus had gone into the temple and was teaching when the chief priests and the leaders of the people came up to him. They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Mark 3:21

When Jesus' family heard what he was doing, they thought he was mad and went to get him under control.

John 10:20

Many of them said, “He has a demon in him! He is mad! Why listen to him?”

John 10:33

They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

Acts 16:24

The jailer did as he was told. He put them deep inside the jail and chained their feet to heavy blocks of wood.

Acts 26:11

I often had them punished in our meeting places, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Acts 26:24

Before Paul finished defending himself, Festus shouted, “Paul, you're mad! Too much learning has driven you out of your mind.”

Acts 26:25

But Paul replied, “Honourable Festus, I am not mad. What I am saying is true, and it makes sense.

Acts 4:1

The apostles were still talking to the people, when some priests, the captain of the temple guard, and some Sadducees arrived.

Acts 5:18

They arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Acts 5:24

The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.

2 Corinthians 11:33

But I escaped by being let down in a basket through a window in the city wall.

Revelation 2:10

Don't worry about what you will suffer. The devil will throw some of you into jail, and you will be tested and made to suffer for ten days. But if you are faithful until you die, I will reward you with a glorious life.