Jeremiah 4:2

Modern English Version

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Cross References

Genesis 22:18

Through your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

1 Kings 3:6

Solomon answered, “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You. And You have shown him great kindness in giving him a son to sit on his throne this day.

Psalm 72:17

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. And may men be blessed in him; and may all nations call him blessed!

Psalm 99:4

The King in His might loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory.

Isaiah 65:16

because he who is blessed in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hidden from My eyes.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and an everlasting King. At His wrath the earth trembles, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Jeremiah 12:15

It shall come to pass that after I have plucked them out, I will again have compassion on them, and will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man to his land.

Jeremiah 12:16

It shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people.

Jeremiah 16:19

O  Lord, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to You from the remote parts of the earth, and will say: Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they will call Jerusalem, the Throne of the Lord, and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord; nor will they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Jeremiah 33:9

It will be to Me a name of joy, praise, and honor before all the nations of the earth which shall hear of all the good that I do to them; and they will fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure for it.

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor,

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, says the Lord.

Hosea 2:19

I will take you for My wife forever. I will take you for My wife in righteousness and in justice, in mercy and in compassion.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, declares the Lord, return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.

Zechariah 8:8

And I will bring them, and they will reside in Jerusalem, and they will be for Me as a people, and I will be for them as God, with faithfulness and righteousness.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My name, and a pure offering, for My name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 1:31

Therefore, as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 10:17

But, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel in advance to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God. You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 4:30

When you are in distress and all these things come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the Lord your God and shall be obedient to His voice

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall swear by His name.

Philippians 3:3

For we are the circumcision who worship God in the Spirit, and boast in Christ Jesus, and place no trust in the flesh,

Ruth 3:13

Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, very well. Let him do so. Yet if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you. I will, as the Lord lives! Sleep here until morning.”

1 Samuel 20:3

David vowed again and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight. And he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be distressed.’ However, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”