Jeremiah 5:26

Modern English Version

For among My people are found wicked men. They lie in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Cross References

Psalm 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, “Who will see them?”

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

Micah 6:10

Are there still in the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness? And the short ephah which is accursed?

Micah 7:2

The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.

Luke 5:10

and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear. From now on you will catch men.”