Jeremiah 17:16

New Century Version

Lord, I didn’t run away from being the shepherd you wanted. I didn’t want the terrible day to come. You know everything I have said; you see all that is happening.

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:3

But you know my heart, Lord. You see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag the evil people away like sheep to be butchered. Set them aside for the day of killing.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you don’t listen to him, I will cry secretly because of your pride. I will cry painfully, and my eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s people will be captured.

Jeremiah 15:15

Lord, you understand. Remember me and take care of me. Punish for me those who are hurting me. Don’t destroy me while you remain patient with them. Think about the shame I suffer for you.

Jeremiah 18:20

Good should not be paid back with evil, but they have dug a pit in order to kill me. Remember that I stood before you and asked you to do good things for these people and to turn your anger away from them.

Jeremiah 20:7

Lord, you tricked me, and I was fooled. You are stronger than I am, so you won. I have become a joke; everyone makes fun of me all day long.

Jeremiah 20:9

Sometimes I say to myself, “I will forget about the Lord. I will not speak anymore in his name.” But then his message becomes like a burning fire inside me, deep within my bones. I get tired of trying to hold it inside of me, and finally, I cannot hold it in.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish my head were like a spring of water and my eyes like a fountain of tears! Then I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed.

Amos 5:10

You hate those who speak in court against evil, and you can’t stand those who tell the truth.

Acts 20:20

You know I preached to you and did not hold back anything that would help you. You know that I taught you in public and in your homes.

Acts 20:27

because I have told you everything God wants you to know.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say it with a clear conscience: In everything we have done in the world, and especially with you, we have had an honest and sincere heart from God. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We do not sell the word of God for a profit as many other people do. But in Christ we speak the truth before God, as messengers of God.

James 1:19

My dear brothers and sisters, always be willing to listen and slow to speak. Do not become angry easily,

James 3:1

My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.