Jeremiah 42:20

New American Bible - revised edition

At the cost of your lives you have been deceitful, for you yourselves sent me to the Lord, your God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord, our God; whatever the Lord, our God, shall say, tell us and we will do it.”

Cross References

Psalm 18:44

You rescued me from the strife of peoples; you made me head over nations. A people I had not known served me;

Psalm 65:3

you who hear our prayers. To you all flesh must come

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, explore the mind and test the heart, Giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds.

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 37:3

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet with this request: “Please appeal to the Lord, our God, for us.”

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah the prophet to meet him at the third entrance of the house of the Lord. “I have a question to ask you,” the king said to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

Jeremiah 42:2

approached Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please grant our petition; pray for us to the Lord, your God, for all this remnant. As you see, only a few of us remain, but once we were many.

Jeremiah 42:5

And they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not follow all the instructions the Lord, your God, sends us through you.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah, son of Hoshaiah, Johanan, son of Kareah, and all the others had the insolence to say to Jeremiah: “You lie; the Lord, our God, did not send you to tell us, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there.’

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.

Numbers 17:3

the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their lives. Have them hammered into plates to cover the altar, because in being presented before the Lord they have become holy. In this way they shall serve as a sign to the Israelites.

Matthew 22:35

and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking,

Galatians 6:7

Make no mistake: God is not mocked, for a person will reap only what he sows,

James 1:22

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.