Jeremiah 18:20

Easy To Read Version

I have been good to the people of Judah.\par But now they are paying me back with evil.\par They are trying to trap me and kill me.\par

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even gamble to win things\par that belong to children without fathers.\par You would sell out your own friend.\par

Psalm 106:23

God wanted to destroy those people.\par But Moses, the man he chose,\par stopped him.\par God was very angry,\par but Moses blocked the way,\par so God did not destroy the people. {\cf2\super [558]} \par

Psalm 119:95

Wicked people tried to destroy me.\par But your Agreement {\cf2\super [596]} made me wise.\par

Psalm 35:12

I have done only good things.\par But those people will do bad things to me.\par \{Lord,\} give me the good things I deserve.\par

Psalm 35:7

I did nothing wrong,\par but those people tried to trap me.\par For no reason at all,\par they tried to trap me.\par

Psalm 38:20

My enemies do bad things to me,\par and I did only good things to them.\par I tried to do only good things,\par but those people turned against me.\par

Psalm 57:6

My enemies set a trap for me.\par They are trying to trap me.\par They dug a deep pit for me to fall into.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [337]})\i0 \par

Psalm 7:15

They try to trap and hurt other people.\par But they will be hurt in their own traps.\par

Proverbs 17:13

Don’t do bad things to people who do good things to you. If you do, then you will have trouble for the rest of your life.

Proverbs 26:27

If a person tries to trap another person, then he will trap himself. If a person tries to roll a stone over another person, he will be crushed himself.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

A person that digs a hole might fall into it. A person that knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 11:14

“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people of Judah. Don’t beg for them. Don’t say prayers for them. I will not listen. Those people will begin to suffer. And then they will call to me for help. But I will not listen.

Jeremiah 14:20

Lord, we know that we are evil people.\par We know that our ancestors {\cf2\super [125]} did bad things.\par Yes, we sinned against you.\par

Jeremiah 15:1

The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send the people of Judah away from me. Tell them to go.

Jeremiah 17:18

People are hurting me.\par Make those people ashamed.\par But don’t disappoint me.\par Let those people be scared.\par But don’t scare me.\par Bring the terrible day of disaster\par to my enemies.\par Break them.\par And break them again.\par

Jeremiah 18:19

Lord, listen to me!\par Listen to my arguments\par and decide who is right.\par

Jeremiah 18:22

Let there be crying in their houses.\par Make them cry when you suddenly\par bring an enemy against them.\par Let all this happen because my enemies\par tried to trap me.\par They hid traps for me to step in.\par

Jeremiah 27:18

If those men are prophets and have the message from the Lord, let them pray. Let them pray about the things that are still in the Lord’s temple. Let them pray about the things that are still in the king’s palace. And let them pray about the things that are still in Jerusalem. Let those prophets pray that all those things will not be taken away to Babylon.”

Jeremiah 5:26

There are evil men among my people.\par Those evil men are like men\par that make nets for catching birds. {\cf2\super [35]} \par These men set their traps,\par But they catch men instead of birds.\par

Jeremiah 7:16

“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people of Judah. Don’t beg for them or pray for them. Don’t beg for me to help them. I will not listen to your prayer for them.

Lamentations 3:59

Lord, you have seen my trouble.\par Now judge my case for me.\par

John 10:32

But Jesus said to them, “I have done many good things from the Father. You have seen those things. Which of those good things are you killing me for?”

John 15:25

But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ {\cf2\super [219]}

1 Samuel 19:4

Jonathan talked to his father Saul. Jonathan said good things about David. Jonathan said, “You are the king. David is your servant. David hasn’t done anything wrong to you. So don’t do anything wrong to him. David has always been good to you.