Jeremiah 5:1

New King James Version

“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

So he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”

Psalm 12:1

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Psalm 14:3

They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.

Psalm 94:16

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 20:6

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Proverbs 8:3

She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:

Song of Solomon 3:2

“I will rise now,” I said, “And go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I love.” I sought him, but I did not find him.

Isaiah 59:4

No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 2:29

“Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, with all the women who stood by, a great multitude, and all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying:

Jeremiah 8:6

I listened and heard, But they do not speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his own course, As the horse rushes into the battle.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh, that I had in the wilderness A lodging place for travelers; That I might leave my people, And go from them! For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and try them; For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?

Ezekiel 22:30

So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

Daniel 12:4

“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Joel 2:9

They run to and fro in the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief.

Amos 8:12

They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, But shall not find it.

Zechariah 2:4

who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

Luke 14:21

So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.’

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.