Jeremiah 42:5

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

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.”

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we shall die.”

Exodus 20:7

You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. For the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.

Jeremiah 42:20

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.”

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.’

Jeremiah 43:4

So Johanan, son of Kareah, and the rest of the leaders and the people did not listen to the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 5:2

They say, “As the Lord lives,” but in fact they swear falsely.

Micah 1:2

Hear, O peoples, all of you, give heed, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!

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.

Romans 1:9

God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in proclaiming the gospel of his Son, that I remember you constantly,

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.”

1 Samuel 12:5

So he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you this day, and the Lord’s anointed is witness, that you have found nothing in my possession.” “The Lord is witness,” they said. Samuel Admonishes the People.

1 Samuel 20:42

At length Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, in keeping with what the two of us have sworn by the name of the Lord: ‘The Lord shall be between you and me, and between your offspring and mine forever.’”