Jeremiah 5:26

New American Bible - revised edition

For criminals lurk among my people; like fowlers they set traps, but it is human beings they catch.

Cross References

Psalm 64:5

They shoot at the innocent from ambush, they shoot him in a moment and do not fear.

Proverbs 1:11

do not go if they say, “Come along with us! Let us lie in wait for blood, unprovoked, let us trap the innocent;

Isaiah 32:7

The deceits of the deceiver are evil, he plans devious schemes: To ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Proclaim to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 18:20

Must good be repaid with evil that they should dig a pit to take my life? Remember that I stood before you to speak on their behalf, to turn your wrath away from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

May cries be heard from their homes, when suddenly you send plunderers against them. For they have dug a pit to capture me, they have hidden snares for my feet;

Jeremiah 4:22

My people are fools, they do not know me; They are senseless children, without understanding; They are wise at evil, but they do not know how to do good.

Jeremiah 9:8

Should I not punish them for these deeds—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this should I not take vengeance?

Micah 6:10

Am I to bear criminal hoarding and the accursed short ephah?

Micah 7:2

The faithful have vanished from the earth, no mortal is just! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other.

Luke 5:10

and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.”