Jeremiah 5:1

Easy To Read Version

The Lord says,\} “Walk the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and think about these things. Search the public squares of the city. See if you can find one good person, one person that does honest things, one that searches for the truth. If you find one good person, I will forgive Jerusalem!

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

Elijah answered, “Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you the best I can. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you. They destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets. I am the only prophet that is still living. And now they are trying to kill me!”

2 Chronicles 16:9

The eyes of the Lord go around looking in all the earth for people who are faithful to him so he can make those people strong. Asa, you did a foolish thing. So from now on you will have wars.”

Psalm 12:1

Save \{me\} Lord!\par The good people are all gone.\par There are no true believers left among\par all the people on earth. {\cf2\super [67]} \par

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looked down from heaven\par to see if there were any wise people.\par (Wise people turn to God for help.)\par

Psalm 14:3

But every person had turned away from God.\par All people had become bad.\par Not even one person was doing good!\par

Psalm 94:16

No person helped me fight\par against the evil people.\par No person stood with me to fight\par against the people who do bad things.\par

Proverbs 20:6

Many people call a person”friend.” But it is really hard to find a person that can really be trusted.

Proverbs 23:23

Truth, wisdom, learning, and understanding are worth paying money for. And they are worth far too much to ever sell.

Proverbs 8:3

They are near the gates of the city.\par They are calling out from the open doors.\par

Isaiah 59:4

No person tells the truth about other people. People sue each other in court, and they depend on false arguments to win their cases. They tell lies about each other. They are full of trouble, and they give birth to evil.

Jeremiah 2:29

“Why do you argue with me?\par All of you have turned against me.”\par This message was from the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 44:15

Many of the women of Judah that lived in Egypt were making sacrifices to other gods. Their husbands knew it, but didn’t stop them. There was a large group of people of Judah meeting together. They were the people of Judah that were living in southern Egypt. The husbands of those women that were making sacrifices to other gods said to Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 8:6

I have listened to them very carefully.\par But they don’t say what is right.\par The people are not sorry for their sins.\par The people don’t think about the bad things they have done.\par The people do things without thinking.\par They are like horses running into a battle.\par

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a place in the desert,\par a house where travelers spend the night,\par I could leave my people.\par I could go away from those people.\par Why? Because they are all unfaithful to God.\par They have all turned against him.\par

Jeremiah 9:7

So, the Lord All-Powerful says:\par “A worker heats metal in a fire\par to test if it is pure.\par I will test the people of Judah like that.\par I have no other choice.\par My people have sinned.\par

Ezekiel 9:9

\{God\} said, “The family of Israel and Judah have done many, many very bad sins! People are being murdered everywhere in this country. And this city is filled with crime. Why? Because the people say to themselves, ‘The Lord left this country. He can’t see the things we are doing.’

Daniel 12:4

“‘But you, Daniel, keep this message a secret. You must close the book. You must keep this secret until the time of the end. Many people will go here and there looking for true knowledge. And the true knowledge will increase.’

Joel 2:9

They run to the city.\par They quickly climb over the wall.\par They climb into the houses.\par They climb through the windows\par like thieves.\par

Amos 8:12

The people will wander around the country,\par from the Dead Sea\par to the Mediterranean Sea,\par and from the north part of the country,\par to the east.\par The people will go back and forth\par looking for a message from the Lord.\par But they will not find it.\par

Zechariah 2:4

He said to him, “Run and tell that young man that \{Jerusalem will be too big to measure\}. Tell him these things:

Luke 14:21

So the servant returned. He told his master what had happened. Then the master became angry and said, ‘Hurry! Go into the streets and alleys of the town. Bring me the poor people, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

2 Thessalonians 2:10

The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to trick those people who are lost. Those people are lost because they refused to love the truth. (If they loved the truth, they would be saved.)