Jeremiah 12:2

Legacy Standard Bible

You have planted them; they have also taken root; They grow; they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their inmost being.

Cross References

Job 24:12

“From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.

Job 5:3

“I have seen the ignorant fool taking root, And I cursed his abode suddenly.

Psalm 37:35

¶I have seen a wicked, ruthless man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Isaiah 29:13

Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their mouth And honor Me with their lips, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,

Jeremiah 11:17

Yahweh of hosts, who planted you, has spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in lying,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 45:4

Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, what I have built I am about to pull down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their greedy gain.

Hosea 7:14

And they do not cry out to Me in their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they gather together as sojourners; They depart from Me.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to see evil, And You cannot look on trouble. Why do You look On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

Mark 7:6

And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but by their works they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.