Jeremiah 8:8

New American Bible - revised edition

How can you say, “We are wise, we have the law of the Lord”? See, that has been changed into falsehood by the lying pen of the scribes!

Cross References

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.

Romans 1:22

While claiming to be wise, they became fools

Matthew 15:6

need not honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Psalm 147:19

He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and laws to Israel.

Job 12:20

He silences the trusted adviser, takes discretion from the elders.

Hosea 8:12

Though I write for him my many instructions, they are considered like a stranger’s.

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

Job 11:12

An empty head will gain understanding, when a colt of a wild jackass is born human.

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 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Jeremiah 19:7

In this place I will foil the plan of Judah and Jerusalem; I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hand of those who seek their lives. Their corpses I will give as food to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law did not know me: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say, “We are heroes, mighty warriors”?