Jeremiah 24:2

Good News Translation

The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

Isaiah 5:7

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.

Jeremiah 29:17

The Lord Almighty says, ‘I am bringing war, starvation, and disease on them, and I will make them like figs that are too rotten to be eaten.

Hosea 9:10

The Lord says, “When I first found Israel, it was like finding grapes growing in the desert. When I first saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But when they came to Mount Peor, they began to worship Baal and soon became as disgusting as the gods they loved.

Micah 7:1

It's hopeless! I am like a hungry person who finds no fruit left on the trees and no grapes on the vines. All the grapes and all the tasty figs have been picked.

Nahum 3:12

All your fortresses will be like fig trees with ripe figs: shake the trees, and the fruit falls right into your mouth!

Numbers 18:13

It all belongs to you. Every member of your family who is ritually clean may eat it.

Matthew 5:13

“You are like salt for the whole human race. But if salt loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. It has become worthless, so it is thrown out and people trample on it.