Jeremiah 18:18

Modern English Version

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

Now it was reported to David that Ahithophel was conspiring with Absalom, and David said, “O  Lord, make the advice of Ahithophel folly.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all of the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had decided to undermine the prudent advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity to Absalom.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Kenaanah walked up and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord go from me in order to speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 24:21

But they plotted against him, and at the command of the king they all stoned him in the court of the house of the Lord.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.

Psalm 21:11

For they intended evil against You; they devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 64:3

who sharpen their tongues like a sword, and aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the rogue are evil; he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb that is brought to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with the fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living so that his name may be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 18:11

Now therefore speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Repent now, everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your deeds good.

Jeremiah 18:19

Give heed to me, O  Lord, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?” And those who handle the law did not know Me; the shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him. Yes, denounce him!” All my familiar friends who watch for my fall, say, “Perhaps he will be enticed so that we can prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

Jeremiah 37:13

When he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are falling away to the Chaldeans!”

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to sojourn there.’

Jeremiah 44:16

“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly do whatever we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for then we had plenty of food, and were well off, and saw no disaster.

Jeremiah 8:8

How do you say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us”? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

Lamentations 3:62

the lips of my enemies and their devices against me all the day.

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor. Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Leviticus 10:11

And so you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

Micah 3:6

Therefore you will have night without vision, and you will have darkness without divination; the sun will set upon the prophets, and black upon them will be the day.

Micah 3:7

The seers will be shamed and the diviners disgraced, and they will all cover their beards, for there is no answer from God.

Malachi 2:7

For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

Luke 11:45

One of the lawyers answered Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You insult us also.”

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”