Jeremiah 20:10

New Century Version

I hear many people whispering about me: “Terror on every side! Tell on him! Let’s tell the rulers about him.” My friends are all just waiting for me to make some mistake. They are saying, “Maybe we can trick him so we can defeat him and pay him back.”

Cross References

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me terribly if by this time tomorrow I don’t kill you just as you killed those prophets.”

1 Kings 21:20

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, “So you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah answered, “Yes, I have found you. You have always chosen to do what the Lord says is wrong.

1 Kings 22:27

Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle.”

1 Kings 22:8

Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

Job 19:19

All my close friends hate me; even those I love have turned against me.

Psalm 31:13

I have heard many insults. Terror is all around me. They make plans against me and want to kill me.

Psalm 31:14

Lord, I trust you. I have said, “You are my God.”

Psalm 41:10

Lord, have mercy on me. Give me strength so I can pay them back.

Psalm 41:9

My best and truest friend, who ate at my table, has even turned against me.

Psalm 57:4

Enemies, like lions, are all around me; I must lie down among them. Their teeth are like spears and arrows, their tongues as sharp as swords.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever hides hate is a liar. Whoever tells lies is a fool.

Isaiah 29:21

those who lie about others in court, those who trap people in court, those who lie and take justice from innocent people in court.

Jeremiah 1:19

They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, because I am with you to protect you!” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:19

Before this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not know they had made plans against me, saying: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s kill him so people will forget him.”

Jeremiah 11:21

So the Lord speaks about the people from Anathoth who plan to kill Jeremiah and say, “Don’t prophesy in the name of the Lord, or we will kill you!”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. We will still have the advice from the wise teachers and the words of the prophets. So let’s ruin him by telling lies about him. We won’t pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 20:3

The next day when Pashhur took Jeremiah out of the blocks of wood, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not Pashhur. Now his name for you is Terror on Every Side.

Jeremiah 37:13

When Jeremiah got to the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem, the captain in charge of the guards arrested him. The captain’s name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah. Irijah said, “You are leaving us to join the Babylonians!”

Jeremiah 6:25

Don’t go out into the fields or walk down the roads, because the enemy has swords. There is terror on every side.

Ezekiel 22:9

The men in you tell lies to cause the death of others. The people in you eat food offered to idols at the mountain places of worship, and they take part in sexual sins.

Daniel 6:4

Because of this, the other supervisors and governors tried to find reasons to accuse Daniel about his work in the government. But they could not find anything wrong with him or any reason to accuse him, because he was trustworthy and not lazy or dishonest.

Luke 20:20

So they watched Jesus and sent some spies who acted as if they were sincere. They wanted to trap Jesus in saying something wrong so they could hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.

Acts 24:13

They cannot prove the things they are saying against me now.

Acts 5:33

When the leaders heard this, they became angry and wanted to kill them.

Acts 7:54

When the leaders heard this, they became furious. They were so mad they were grinding their teeth at Stephen.