Jeremiah 16:19

New Century Version

Lord, you are my strength and my protection, my safe place in times of trouble. The nations will come to you from all over the world and say, “Our ancestors had only false gods, useless idols that didn’t help them.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:23

Meanwhile the officers of Ben-Hadad king of Aram said to him, “The gods of Israel are mountain gods. Since we fought in a mountain area, Israel won. Let’s fight them on the flat land, and then we will win.

Psalm 18:3

I will call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I will be saved from my enemies.

Psalm 19:14

I hope my words and thoughts please you. Lord, you are my Rock, the one who saves me.

Psalm 27:5

During danger he will keep me safe in his shelter. He will hide me in his Holy Tent, or he will keep me safe on a high mountain.

Psalm 46:1

God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.

Psalm 46:11

The Lord All-Powerful is with us; the God of Jacob is our defender.Selah

Psalm 46:7

The Lord All-Powerful is with us; the God of Jacob is our defender.Selah

Psalm 62:2

He is my rock and my salvation. He is my defender; I will not be defeated.

Psalm 62:7

My honor and salvation come from God. He is my mighty rock and my protection.

Psalm 65:3

Our guilt overwhelms us, but you forgive our sins.

Psalm 68:31

Messengers will come from Egypt; the people of Cush will pray to God.

Psalm 86:9

Lord, all the nations you have made will come and worship you. They will honor you.

Proverbs 18:10

The Lord is like a strong tower; those who do right can run to him for safety.

Isaiah 25:4

You protect the poor; you protect the helpless when they are in danger. You are like a shelter from storms, like shade that protects them from the heat. The cruel people attack like a rainstorm beating against the wall,

Isaiah 32:2

Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the wind, like a safe place in a storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot land.

Isaiah 44:10

Who made these gods? Who made these useless idols?

Isaiah 44:20

He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way. He cannot save himself or say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 45:14

The Lord says, “The goods made in Egypt and Cush and the tall people of Seba will come to you and will become yours. The Sabeans will walk behind you, coming along in chains. They will bow down before you and pray to you, saying, ‘God is with you, and there is no other God.’ ”

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Isaiah 62:2

Jerusalem, the nations will see your goodness, and all kings will see your glory. Then you will have a new name, which the Lord himself will give you.

Jeremiah 10:3

The customs of other people are worth nothing. Their idols are just wood cut from the forest, shaped by a worker with his chisel.

Jeremiah 10:5

Their idols are like scarecrows in melon fields; they cannot talk. Since they cannot walk, they must be carried. Do not be afraid of those idols, because they can’t hurt you, and they can’t help you either.”

Jeremiah 12:16

I want them to learn their lessons well. In the past they taught my people to swear by Baal’s name. But if they will now learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives . . . ’ I will allow them to rebuild among my people.

Jeremiah 14:8

God, the Hope of Israel, you have saved Israel in times of trouble. Why are you like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who only stays one night?

Jeremiah 17:17

Don’t be a terror to me. I run to you for safety in times of trouble.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (Of course, its gods are not really gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for idols worth nothing.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the teachings didn’t know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Jeremiah 3:23

It was foolish to worship idols on the hills and on the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel comes from the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 33:9

Then “Jerusalem” will be to me a name that brings joy! And people from all nations of the earth will praise it when they hear about the good things I am doing there. They will be surprised and shocked at all the good things and the peace I will bring to Jerusalem.’

Jeremiah 4:2

If you say when you make a promise, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ and you can say it in a truthful, honest, and right way, then the nations will be blessed by him, and they will praise him for what he has done.”

Ezekiel 11:16

“So say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I sent the people far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries. But for a little while I have become a Temple to them in the countries where they have gone.’

Joel 3:16

The Lord will roar like a lion from Jerusalem; his loud voice will thunder from that city, and the sky and the earth will shake. But the Lord will be a safe place for his people, a strong place of safety for the people of Israel.

Amos 2:4

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Judah, I will punish them. They rejected the teachings of the Lord and did not keep his commands; they followed the same gods as their ancestors had followed.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good, giving protection in times of trouble. He knows who trusts in him.

Habakkuk 3:19

The Lord God is my strength. He makes me like a deer that does not stumble so I can walk on the steep mountains. For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Zechariah 2:11

“At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.

Malachi 1:11

“From the east to the west I will be honored among the nations. Everywhere they will bring incense and clean offerings to me, because I will be honored among the nations,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Romans 1:25

They traded the truth of God for a lie. They worshiped and served what had been created instead of the God who created those things, who should be praised forever. Amen.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver,

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The power to rule the world now belongs to our Lord and his Christ, and he will rule forever and ever.”