Jeremiah 12:2

New Century Version

You have put the evil people here like plants with strong roots. They grow and produce fruit. With their mouths they speak well of you, but their hearts are really far away from you.

Cross References

Job 24:12

Dying people groan in the city, and the injured cry out for help, but God accuses no one of doing wrong.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool succeed, but I cursed his home immediately.

Psalm 37:35

I saw a wicked and cruel man who looked strong like a healthy tree in good soil.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord says: “These people worship me with their mouths, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is based on nothing but human rules.

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord All-Powerful, who planted you, has announced that disaster will come to you. This is because the families of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made him angry by burning incense to Baal.

Jeremiah 3:10

Israel’s wicked sister didn’t even come back to me with her whole heart, but only pretended,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 45:4

The Lord said, “Say this to Baruch: ‘This is what the Lord says: I will soon tear down what I have built, and I will pull up what I have planted everywhere in Judah.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you in crowds as if they were really ready to listen. They sit in front of you as if they were my people and hear your words, but they will not obey them. With their mouths they tell me they love me, but their hearts desire their selfish profits.

Hosea 7:14

They do not call to me from their hearts. They just lie on their beds and cry. They come together to ask for grain and new wine, but they really turn away from me.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too good to look at evil; you cannot stand to see those who do wrong. So how can you put up with those evil people? How can you be quiet when the wicked swallow up people who are better than they are?

Matthew 15:8

‘These people show honor to me with words, but their hearts are far from me.

Mark 7:6

Jesus answered, “Isaiah was right when he spoke about you hypocrites. He wrote, ‘These people show honor to me with words, but their hearts are far from me.

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but their actions show they do not accept him. They are hateful people, they refuse to obey, and they are useless for doing anything good.