Jeremiah 7:6

New Living Translation

only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:6

Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the Lord’s sight, arousing his anger.

2 Kings 24:4

who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The Lord would not forgive this.

Psalm 106:38

They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.

Proverbs 23:10

Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers; don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Misery and destruction always follow them.

Jeremiah 13:10

These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!

Jeremiah 19:4

“‘For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children.

Jeremiah 2:30

“I have punished your children, but they did not respond to my discipline. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

Jeremiah 2:34

Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses!

Jeremiah 26:15

But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the Lord sent me to speak every word you have heard.”

Jeremiah 26:23

They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.

Jeremiah 35:15

Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 7:5

But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;

Jeremiah 7:9

Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,

Lamentations 4:13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.

Ezekiel 18:6

He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.

Ezekiel 22:7

Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.

Leviticus 19:33

“Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land.

Leviticus 25:17

Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the Lord your God.

Malachi 3:5

“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Matthew 27:25

And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”

Matthew 27:4

“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”

Deuteronomy 11:28

But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the Lord your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow’s garment as security for her debt.

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to foreigners, orphans, or widows.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 8:19

“But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.

James 1:27

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.