Jeremiah 2:23

New American Bible - revised edition

How can you say, “I am not defiled, I have not pursued the Baals”? Consider your conduct in the Valley, recall what you have done: A skittish young camel, running back and forth,

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

Sin directs the heart of the wicked man; his eyes are closed to the fear of God.

Psalm 50:21

When you do these things should I be silent? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay out the matter before your eyes.

Proverbs 28:13

Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and forsake them obtain mercy.

Proverbs 30:12

There are some pure in their own eyes, yet not cleansed of their filth.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Jeremiah 14:10

Thus says the Lord about this people: They so love to wander that they cannot restrain their feet. The Lord takes no pleasure in them; now he remembers their guilt, and will punish their sins.

Jeremiah 16:10

When you proclaim all these words to this people and they ask you: “Why has the Lord pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our crime? What sin have we committed against the Lord, our God?”—

Jeremiah 2:36

How frivolous you have become in changing your course! By Egypt you will be shamed, just as you were shamed by Assyria.

Jeremiah 3:2

Raise your eyes to the heights, and look, where have men not lain with you? Along the roadways you waited for them like an Arabian in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution.

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you continue to hesitate, rebellious daughter? The Lord has created a new thing upon the earth: woman encompasses man.

Jeremiah 7:31

In the Valley of Ben-hinnom they go on building the high places of Topheth to sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire, something I never commanded or considered.

Jeremiah 9:14

therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: See now, I will give this people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord began to speak with Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself, turning away from the Lord.

Luke 10:29

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what the law says is addressed to those under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world stand accountable to God,