Jeremiah 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

You planted them; they have taken root, they flourish and bear fruit as well. You are upon their lips, but far from their thoughts.

Cross References

Job 24:12

In the city the dying groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out. Yet God does not treat it as a disgrace!

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but I cursed his household suddenly:

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a ruthless scoundrel, spreading out like a green cedar.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, And fear of me has become mere precept of human teaching,

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord of hosts who planted you has decreed disaster for you because of the evil done by the house of Israel and by the house of Judah, who provoked me by sacrificing to Baal. The Plot Against Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, Judah, the traitor, her sister, did not return to me wholeheartedly, but insincerely—oracle of the Lord. Restoration of Israel.

Jeremiah 45:4

You must say this to him. Thus says the Lord: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: all this land.

Ezekiel 33:31

My people come to you, gathering as a crowd and sitting in front of you to hear your words, but they will not act on them. Love songs are on their lips, but in their hearts they pursue dishonest gain.

Hosea 7:14

They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon wickedness, and the sight of evil you cannot endure. Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silence while the wicked devour those more just than themselves?

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;

Mark 7:6

He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed.