Jeremiah 5:1

New Living Translation

“Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the Lord. “Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

Elijah replied, “I have zealously served the Lord God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”

2 Chronicles 16:9

The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”

Psalm 12:1

Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.

Psalm 14:3

But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one!

Psalm 94:16

Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers?

Proverbs 20:6

Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly reliable?

Proverbs 23:23

Get the truth and never sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.

Proverbs 8:3

By the gates at the entrance to the town, on the road leading in, she cries aloud,

Song of Solomon 3:2

So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.

Isaiah 59:4

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

Jeremiah 2:29

Why do you accuse me of doing wrong? You are the ones who have rebelled,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols—a great crowd of all the Judeans living in northern Egypt and southern Egypt—answered Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 8:6

I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers— a pack of treacherous liars.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “See, I will melt them down in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people?

Ezekiel 22:30

“I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”

Joel 2:9

They swarm over the city and run along its walls. They enter all the houses, climbing like thieves through the windows.

Amos 8:12

People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from border to border searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

Zechariah 2:4

The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls.

Luke 14:21

“The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

2 Thessalonians 2:10

He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.