Jeremiah 42:20

New Century Version

that you are making a mistake that will cause your deaths. You sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us everything the Lord our God says, and we will do it.’

Cross References

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear me, they obey me. Foreigners obey me.

Psalm 65:3

Our guilt overwhelms us, but you forgive our sins.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart and test the mind. So I can decide what each one deserves; I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

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 37:3

Now King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with a message to Jeremiah the prophet. This was the message: “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

Jeremiah 38:14

Then King Zedekiah sent someone to get Jeremiah the prophet and bring him to the third entrance to the Temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something. Do not hide anything from me, but tell me everything honestly.”

Jeremiah 42:2

They said to him, “Jeremiah, please listen to what we ask. Pray to the Lord your God for all the people left alive from the family of Judah. At one time there were many of us, but you can see that there are few of us now.

Jeremiah 42:5

Then the people said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and loyal witness against us if we don’t do everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and some other men were too proud. They said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to live there.’

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.

Numbers 16:38

Take the pans of these men who sinned and lost their lives, and hammer them into flat sheets that will be used to cover the altar. They are holy, because they were presented to the Lord, and they will be a sign to the Israelites.”

Numbers 17:3

on the stick from Levi, write Aaron’s name. There must be one stick for the head of each tribe.

Matthew 22:35

One Pharisee, who was an expert on the law of Moses, asked Jesus this question to test him:

Galatians 6:7

Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant.

James 1:22

Do what God’s teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves.