Jeremiah 8:8

New English Translation

How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.

Cross References

Job 11:12

But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

Job 12:20

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Psalm 147:19

He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Isaiah 43:27

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 19:7

In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat.

Jeremiah 2:8

Your priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord answered, “This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you men of Moab say, ‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?’

Hosea 8:12

I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!

Matthew 15:6

he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

John 9:41

Jesus replied, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.”

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools