Jeremiah 8:8

Good News Translation

How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.

Cross References

Job 11:12

Stupid people will start being wise when wild donkeys are born tame.

Job 12:20

He silences those who are trusted, and takes the wisdom of old people away.

Psalm 147:19

He gives his message to his people, his instructions and laws to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.

Isaiah 43:27

Your earliest ancestor sinned; your leaders sinned against me,

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 19:7

In this place I will frustrate all the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will let their enemies triumph over them and kill them in battle. I will give their corpses to the birds and the wild animals as food.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good.”

Jeremiah 48:14

“Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?

Hosea 8:12

I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign.

Matthew 15:6

they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

John 9:41

Jesus answered, “If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty.”

Romans 1:22

They say they are wise, but they are fools;