Jeremiah 9:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Speak, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’ ”

Cross References

2 Kings 20:13

And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

2 Kings 20:15

He said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”

2 Kings 9:37

and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’ ”

Job 5:13

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

Psalm 49:7

Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,

Psalm 83:10

who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.

Proverbs 18:11

A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall protecting him.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not toil to acquire wealth; be wise enough to desist.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and smote them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away and his hand is stretched out still.

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:33

“And those slain by the Lord on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

Jeremiah 6:21

Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will lay before this people stumbling blocks against which they shall stumble; fathers and sons together, neighbor and friend shall perish.’ ”

Jeremiah 7:33

And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will frighten them away.

Jeremiah 8:2

and they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped; and they shall not be gathered or buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.

Habakkuk 1:11

Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own might is their god!

Zephaniah 1:17

I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

Deuteronomy 8:17

Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’