Jeremiah 20:10

Good News Translation

I hear everybody whispering, “Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!” Even my close friends wait for my downfall. “Perhaps he can be tricked,” they say; “then we can catch him and get revenge.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:2

She sent a message to Elijah: “May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I don't do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets.”

1 Kings 21:20

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, “Have you caught up with me, my enemy?” “Yes, I have,” Elijah answered. “You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the Lord's sight.

1 Kings 22:27

Tell them to throw him in prison and to put him on bread and water until I return safely.”

1 Kings 22:8

Ahab answered, “There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad.” “You shouldn't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Job 19:19

My closest friends look at me with disgust; those I loved most have turned against me.

Psalm 31:13

I hear many enemies whispering; terror is all around me. They are making plans against me, plotting to kill me.

Psalm 31:14

But my trust is in you, O Lord; you are my God.

Psalm 41:10

Be merciful to me, Lord, and restore my health, and I will pay my enemies back.

Psalm 41:9

Even my best friend, the one I trusted most, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

Proverbs 10:18

Anyone who hides hatred is a liar. Anyone who spreads gossip is a fool.

Isaiah 29:21

God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.

Jeremiah 11:19

I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, “Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more.”

Jeremiah 11:21

The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the Lord's message.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says.”

Jeremiah 20:3

The next morning, after Pashhur had released me from the chains, I said to him, “The Lord did not name you Pashhur. The name he has given you is ‘Terror Everywhere.’

Jeremiah 37:13

But when I reached the Benjamin Gate, the officer in charge of the soldiers on duty there, a man by the name of Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, stopped me and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”

Jeremiah 6:25

We don't dare go to the countryside or walk on the roads, because our enemies are armed and terror is all around us.”

Ezekiel 22:9

Some of your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. Some of them eat sacrifices offered to idols. Some are always satisfying their lusts.

Daniel 6:4

Then the other supervisors and the governors tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel administered the empire, but they couldn't, because Daniel was reliable and did not do anything wrong or dishonest.

Luke 20:20

So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.

Acts 24:13

Nor can they give you proof of the accusations they now bring against me.

Acts 5:33

When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

Acts 7:54

As the members of the Council listened to Stephen, they became furious and ground their teeth at him in anger.