Jeremiah 8:8

The English Standar Version

"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

Cross References

Job 11:12

But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!

Job 12:20

He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.

Psalm 147:19

He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."

Jeremiah 19:7

And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds[1] transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.

Jeremiah 4:22

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise' -- in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

Jeremiah 48:14

"How do you say, 'We are heroes and mighty men of war'?

Hosea 8:12

Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.

Matthew 15:6

he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word[2] of God.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt;[3] but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,