Jeremiah 4:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I heard the LORD say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

Cross References

Genesis 39:16

Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.

2 Samuel 13:3

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab always knew how to get what he wanted,

Psalm 36:3

They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.

Psalm 36:4

Those people stay awake, thinking up mischief, and they follow the wrong road, refusing to turn from sin.

Psalm 53:4

Won't you lawbreakers learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the people of God.

Psalm 82:5

“None of you know or understand a thing. You live in darkness, while the foundations of the earth tremble.

Proverbs 28:5

Criminals don't know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely.

Isaiah 1:3

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

Isaiah 27:11

When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy.

Jeremiah 10:8

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

Jeremiah 13:23

Can you ever change and do what's right? Can people change the colour of their skin, or can a leopard remove its spots? If so, then perhaps you can change and learn to do right.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests who teach my laws don't care to know me. Your leaders rebel against me; your prophets give messages from Baal and worship false gods.

Jeremiah 4:21

How long will I see enemy flags and hear their trumpets?

Jeremiah 5:21

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I thought to myself, “These common people act like fools, and they have never learnt what the LORD their God demands of them.

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.

Jeremiah 9:3

The LORD replied: Lies come from the mouths of my people, like arrows from a bow. With each dishonest deed their power increases, and not one of them will admit that I am God.

Jeremiah 9:5

They wear themselves out, always looking for a new way to cheat their friends.

Ezekiel 16:30

I, the LORD God, say that you were so disgusting that you would have done anything to get what you wanted.

Hosea 4:1

Israel, listen as the LORD accuses everyone in the land! No one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God.

Hosea 4:6

You priests have rejected me, and my people are destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget your children, because you have forgotten my Law.

Hosea 5:4

Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your LORD God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.

Amos 3:10

The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Luke 16:8

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

Romans 1:22

They claim to be wise, but they are fools.

Romans 1:28

Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

Romans 16:19

I am glad that everyone knows how well you obey the Lord. But still, I want you to understand what is good and not have anything to do with evil.

Romans 3:11

Not one of them understands or even searches for God.

1 Corinthians 14:20

My friends, stop thinking like children. Think like mature people and be as innocent as tiny babies.

Deuteronomy 32:28

People of Israel, that's what the LORD has said to you. But you don't have good sense, and you never listen to advice.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Israel, the LORD is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish.