Jeremiah 29:23

New American Bible - revised edition

because they have committed an outrage in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and alleging in my name things I did not command. I know, I am witness—oracle of the Lord. The False Prophet Shemaiah.

Cross References

Genesis 31:50

If you mistreat my daughters, or take other wives besides my daughters, know that even though no one else is there, God will be a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 34:7

just as Jacob’s sons were coming in from the field. When they heard the news, the men were indignant and extremely angry. Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter; such a thing is not done.

2 Samuel 13:12

But she answered him, “No, my brother! Do not force me! This is not done in Israel. Do not commit this terrible crime.

Proverbs 5:21

Indeed, the ways of each person are plain to the Lord’s sight; all their paths he surveys;

Jeremiah 13:27

Your adulteries, your neighings, your shameless prostitutions: On the hills, in the fields I see your detestable crimes. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are clean?

Jeremiah 16:17

For my eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor does their guilt escape my sight.

Jeremiah 23:14

But among Jerusalem’s prophets I saw something more shocking: Adultery, walking in deception, strengthening the power of the wicked, so that no one turns from evil; To me they are all like Sodom, its inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 23:16

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of your prophets, who fill you with emptiness; They speak visions from their own fancy, not from the mouth of the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send these prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:32

Yes, I am against the prophets who tell lying dreams—oracle of the Lord—those who lead my people astray by recounting their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them; they do this people no good at all—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab, son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: I am handing them over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who will kill them before your eyes.

Jeremiah 29:31

Send to all the exiles: Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah, the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah prophesies to you, although I did not send him, and has led you to rely on a lie,

Jeremiah 5:8

They are lustful stallions, each neighs after the other’s wife.

Jeremiah 7:11

Has this house which bears my name become in your eyes a den of thieves? I have seen it for myself!—oracle of the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:13

You boasted against me with your mouths and used insolent words against me. I heard everything!

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are reckless, treacherous people; Its priests profane what is holy, and do violence to the law.

Malachi 2:14

And you say, “Why?”— Because the Lord is witness between you and the wife of your youth With whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion, your covenanted wife.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Hebrews 4:13

No creature is concealed from him, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account. Jesus, Compassionate High Priest.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this: “‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of God’s creation, says this:

Judges 11:10

The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord is witness between us that we will do as you say.”